AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer the question. Meiosis: Somatic cells derived from a single-celled zygote divide by meiosis into two haploid cells.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mitosis occurs in somatic cells; this means that it takes place in all types of cells that are not involved in the production of gametes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Somatic cells-that is, the cells in your body that aren’t sex cells-do this via a process called mitosis. New sex cells, or gametes, are produced via a different process, called meiosis.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mitosis is how somatic-or non-reproductive cells-divide.

Detailed explanation-5: -During fertilization, the sperm and egg unite to form a single cell called the zygote which contains all the chromosomes from both the sperm and the egg. The zygote divides into two cells by mitosis. Then, these cells each divide by mitosis.