An adult human has approximately10 13 cells, all ofwhich are derived by cell div

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An adult human has approximately1013 cells, all ofwhich are derived by cell division from a single fertilized egg(cell).
a. How many generations would berequired to get 1013 cells?                                              
b. How long will this take, assuming human cells divide once perday?
c. Why do you think adults take longer to develop than these simplecalculations? An adult human has approximately1013 cells, all ofwhich are derived by cell division from a single fertilized egg(cell).
a. How many generations would berequired to get 1013 cells?                                              
b. How long will this take, assuming human cells divide once perday?
c. Why do you think adults take longer to develop than these simplecalculations?

Explanation / Answer

(a) you take 1013 and keep dividing it by 2 until it to1 which would take 43 generations (b) it would take 43 days (c) there are other environmental factor to considers, the amountof available nutrients for the mitotic division,because celldivision requires a lot of energy.

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