4. Suppose there is one member of a particular kind of organism in a culture dish, which doubles itself in one hour through asexual reproduction. Work out the number of members of that kind of organism which will be present in the culture dish after ten hours. Such a colony of individuals arising from one parent is called a “clone”.
Answer:
Initially the number of members of the organism = 1.
Each member keeps doubling itself in 1 hour.
So, the number of members after 1 hour = 1 × 2 = 21.
The number of members after 2 hours = 1 × 2 × 2 = 22.
The number of members after 3 hours = 1 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 23.
Following the above pattern we can say that the number of members after 10 hours = 210 = 1024.
Therefore, the number of members of the organism present in the culture dish after reproducing asexually for 10 hours = 1024.
“Suppose there is one member of a particular kind of organism in a culture dish, which doubles itself in one hour through asexual reproduction. Work out the number of members of that kind of organism which will be present in the culture dish after ten hours. Such a colony of individuals arising from one parent is called a “clone”.” – Solved.
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