A mosquito is a eukaryotic organism that has 6 unreplicated chromosomes in its somatic cells during gap phase 1 (G1) of interphase. One of its cells is about to prepare to divide by meiosis. a) How many chromosomes will be present in the cell at anaphase I?

b) How many daughter cells will result at the end of this cell division, and how will they compare to the original parent cell?

c) Explain why the daughter cells produced during meiosis will be genetically distinct from each other.