Multiple Choice
In a typical diploid organism, how many haploid cells are produced by mitosis from one diploid parent cell?
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16. Cell Division
Mitosis
Multiple Choice
In mitosis, after cytokinesis is complete, each daughter cell typically contains how many chromosomes compared with the original parent cell (assuming the parent cell was diploid)?
A
A random number of chromosomes due to crossing over
B
Half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell
C
The same number of chromosomes as the parent cell
D
Twice the number of chromosomes as the parent cell
Verified step by step guidance1
Recall that mitosis is a process of cell division that results in two daughter cells genetically identical to the original parent cell.
Understand that the parent cell starts as diploid, meaning it has two sets of chromosomes (one from each parent).
During mitosis, the chromosomes are duplicated during the S phase of interphase, so each chromosome consists of two sister chromatids before division.
Cytokinesis divides the cytoplasm and separates the two sets of chromatids into two daughter cells, each receiving one chromatid from each chromosome pair.
Therefore, after cytokinesis, each daughter cell contains the same number of chromosomes as the original diploid parent cell, maintaining the diploid chromosome number.
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