AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer option C. Production of gametes from diploid cells is the correct answer. C. This is not one of the functions of mitosis.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mitosis and meiosis both involve cells dividing to make new cells. This makes them both vital processes for the existence of living things that reproduce sexually. Meiosis makes the cells needed for sexual reproduction to occur, and mitosis replicates non-sex cells needed for growth and development.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mitosis is the reason we can grow, heal wounds, and replace damaged cells. Mitosis is also important in organisms which reproduce asexually: this is the only way that these cells can reproduce. This is the one key process that sustains populations of asexual organisms.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: The correct answer is (b). Bacterium are prokaryotes and reproduce by binary fission not by mitosis and cytokinesis.