NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

EMBRYOLOGY

CHROMOSOMES AND CELL DIVISIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Type of cell division only found in sex cells
A
mitosis
B
meiosis
C
pe
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sex cells are formed through a particular kind of cell division called meiosis. Unlike in normal cell division (mitosis), the genetic material of the original (parent) cell is divided up twice. As in most other cells in the body, the nucleus of the original cell contains the person’s full set of genetic information.

Detailed explanation-2: -There are two types of cell division: mitosis and meiosis. Most of the time when people refer to “cell division, ‘’ they mean mitosis, the process of making new body cells. Meiosis is the type of cell division that creates egg and sperm cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mitosis is how somatic-or non-reproductive cells-divide.

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