Multiple Choice
During mitosis in a typical eukaryotic cell cycle, how many times does a single parent cell divide to produce daughter cells?
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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
Two daughter cells
B
Eight daughter cells
C
Four daughter cells
D
One daughter cell
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Recall that mitosis is a type of cell division where a single parent cell divides to produce daughter cells that are genetically identical to the parent cell.
Understand that mitosis consists of several phases: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, followed by cytokinesis, which physically separates the cytoplasm into two cells.
Recognize that during mitosis, the parent cell's chromosomes are duplicated and 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.
Therefore, the number of genetically identical daughter cells produced after mitosis and cytokinesis is two.
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