Multiple Choice
In mitosis, if a diploid human somatic cell (2n = 46) divides, how many chromosomes does each daughter cell have at the end of mitosis (after cytokinesis)?
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16. Cell Division
Mitosis
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)?
A
Two genetically distinct daughter cells with half the chromosome number
B
Two genetically identical daughter cells
C
Four genetically distinct haploid cells
D
One daughter cell identical to the parent cell
Verified step by step guidance1
Recall that mitosis is a type of cell division that results in two daughter cells, each genetically identical to the original parent cell.
Understand that mitosis occurs in diploid somatic cells and maintains the chromosome number, meaning the daughter cells have the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
Recognize that after mitosis, cytokinesis divides the cytoplasm, physically separating the two daughter cells.
Note that the daughter cells produced are genetically identical, not genetically distinct, and they are diploid, not haploid.
Conclude that the correct number of daughter cells produced at the end of mitosis is two, both genetically identical to the parent cell.
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