AP BIOLOGY

CELL DIVISION

MEIOSIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In mitosis, the original cell starts off as diploid. What will the daughter cells be?
A
Diploid
B
Haploid
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The four daughter cells resulting from meiosis are haploid and genetically distinct. The daughter cells resulting from mitosis are diploid and identical to the parent cell. The main differences between mitosis and meiosis occur in meiosis I.

Detailed explanation-2: -These separated sister chromatids are known from this point forward as daughter chromosomes. At the conclusion of anaphase, each end of the cell has an identical and complete set of 46 chromosomes or 23 pairs of homologous chromosomes; they are still diploid.

Detailed explanation-3: -At the end of the division process, duplicated chromosomes are divided equally between two cells. These daughter cells are genetically identical diploid cells that have the same chromosome number and chromosome type. Somatic cells are examples of cells that divide by mitosis.

Detailed explanation-4: -Both haploid and diploid cells can undergo mitosis. When a haploid cell undergoes mitosis, it produces two genetically identical haploid daughter cells; when a diploid cell undergoes mitosis, it produces two genetically identical diploid daughter cells.

Detailed explanation-5: -Typically, this type of cell division occurs in the body’s somatic cells. Therefore, the parent cell in mitosis starts off as diploid. Since mitotic cell division results in the formation of new cells which are clone to the parental cell, the resulting daughter cells at the end of mitosis are diploid.

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