Starting with a single fertilized egg, a series of five cell divisions would produce an early embryo with how many cells?
- 8
- 16
- 32
- 64
📝 Detailed explanation
Cell division by mitosis follows a geometric progression.The number of cells is calculated as 2ⁿ, where n is the number of divisions.
2⁵ = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 32.