Multiple Choice
After mitosis, how many genetically identical daughter cells are produced from a single parent cell?
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16. Cell Division
Mitosis
Multiple Choice
At the end of mitosis (followed by cytokinesis) in a typical somatic cell division, how many daughter cells are produced from one parent cell?
A
Two genetically identical daughter cells
B
Two daughter cells with half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell
C
One daughter cell identical to the parent cell
D
Four genetically distinct daughter cells
Verified step by step guidance1
Recall the stages of the cell cycle, focusing on mitosis and cytokinesis, which together result in the division of one parent cell into daughter cells.
Understand that mitosis is a process of nuclear division that ensures each daughter cell receives an identical set of chromosomes, maintaining the chromosome number of the parent cell.
Recognize that cytokinesis is the physical division of the cytoplasm, which follows mitosis and results in the formation of separate daughter cells.
Note that in typical somatic cell division, mitosis followed by cytokinesis produces two daughter cells, each genetically identical to the original parent cell.
Contrast this with meiosis, where four genetically distinct daughter cells with half the chromosome number are produced, which is not the case in mitosis.
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