AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mitosis is a type of cell division that produces two identical daughter cells from a single diploid cell. Mitosis occurs in nearly every cell in the human body. It is essential for our body’s growth, development and repair.

Detailed explanation-2: -The daughter cells from mitosis are called diploid cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -In fact, interphase takes up about 90% of a cell’s life. That leaves just 10% for mitosis! Cell before mitosis showing the location of the centrioles, microtubules, nuclear membrane, nucleolus, and DNA (Let’s Talk Science using an image by Aldona via iStockphoto). Interphase has three stages: G1, S and G2.

Detailed explanation-4: -Almost all of your body’s cells divide by mitosis. Meiosis is used to produce only one type of cell, and those are the gametes. During meiosis, a diploid cell divides to produce four, non-identical haploid daughter cells, each containing a single set of chromosomes. In humans, these are sperm and egg cells.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mitosis is a process of nuclear division in eukaryotic cells that occurs when a parent cell divides to produce two identical daughter cells.