Question

Your best friend is concerned about a mole on her arm. Knowing that you are taking a biology class she comes to you and asks for your opinion. You take a sample of her mole and view it under a microscope. While counting a selection of 300 cells, you notice that 87 cells are actively undergoing mitosis. Should your friend be concerned?

Answer 1

mitosis is a type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth. if they do not align correctly, they cannot move individually to opposite poles in the later phases of mitosis, and the result will be one cell with extra chromosomes and a daughter cell with missing chromosomes. These mutations can lead to harmful results such as cell death, organic disease or cancer.

Answer 2

Answer:

She should consult a dermatologist immediately.

Explanation:

When doing preemptive diagnosis of a mole, one should compute the Mitotic Rate (MR) - and the MR reported in the question is way above the highest category "greater than 4 per square millimeter" (to compare. there's around 2000 cells per sqmm of skin, so we're at over 500 per square millimeter).