Question

You are examining the effect of maturation-promoting factor (MPF) in sea urchin cells, which have a diploid number of 36. If you fuse a dividing sea urchin cell with a G1 arrested oocyte, what would be the outcome

Answer 1

Answer:

The cell would stop its cycle due to problems in the cell cycle

Explanation:

The maturation-promoting factor (MPF) is a CDK complex that drives entry into mitosis and meiosis by phosphorylation of critical proteins in the cell cycle. In this case, the MPF factor would stimulate the cell to enter into mitosis