Multiple Choice
In a typical mitotic division of one diploid somatic cell, how many daughter cells are produced at the end of mitosis (after cytokinesis)?
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16. Cell Division
Mitosis
Multiple Choice
In mitosis, how many genetically identical daughter cells are produced from one parent cell after cytokinesis?
A
4 daughter cells
B
8 daughter cells
C
1 daughter cell
D
2 daughter cells
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Understand that mitosis is a type of cell division where one parent cell divides to produce daughter cells that are genetically identical to the parent cell.
Recall the stages of mitosis: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase, followed by cytokinesis, which physically separates the cytoplasm into two cells.
Recognize that during mitosis, the duplicated chromosomes are evenly divided so that each daughter cell receives an identical set of chromosomes.
Note that cytokinesis results in the formation of two separate daughter cells from the original parent cell.
Conclude that the number of genetically identical daughter cells produced after mitosis and cytokinesis is two.
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