Multiple choice

In a proliferating cell system, how many mitotic divisions are required to produce 1024 cells from a single parent cell?

  1. 10

  2. 20

  3. 512

  4. 1023
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Explanation

Cell division doubles the number of cells with each mitotic division. Starting with 1 cell, after n divisions we have 2^n cells. Since 2^10 = 1024, it takes exactly 10 mitotic divisions to reach 1024 cells.

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