Question

If a tissue has at a given time 1024 cells, how many cycles of mitosis had the original parental single cell undergone?

Answer 1

1024 = (2)ⁿ

n = No. of cycles

1024 = 2¹⁰ = 2ⁿ

⇒ n = 10

Thus, 10 cycles of mitosis are there in the original parental single cell.