After the third dose -- given at age 6 months -- your child will be 80% to 85% immune to whooping cough for 3 to 5 years. Everyone -- including adults -- from age 11 up should receive a booster vaccine, called Tdap. It's a combined tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis booster vaccine.
How many chromosomes are in the nucleus of an onion root cell? There are 8 chromosomes in the nucleus of an onion root cell. The cells are undergoing mitosis, during which the amount of DNA is doubled even as the number of chromosomes â¦ remains constant. How many chromosomes do onions have?
Reproductive cells, or gametes-sperm and eggs-have half as many chromosomes as somatic cells, or one set of 23 chromosomes in humans. The number of chromosomes in somatic cells varies widely among species: 18 in cabbage plants, 48 in chimpanzees, 56 in elephants, 90 in hedgehogs, and 148 in one species of alga.