Multiple Choice
In eukaryotic cells, how many rounds of nuclear division occur during mitosis?
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16. Cell Division
Mitosis
Multiple Choice
In a typical diploid organism, how many haploid cells are produced by mitosis from one diploid parent cell?
A
0 haploid cells
B
4 haploid cells
C
2 haploid cells
D
1 haploid cell
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Understand the difference between mitosis and meiosis: mitosis is a process of cell division that results in two genetically identical diploid daughter cells, while meiosis produces haploid cells (gametes) from a diploid parent cell.
Recall that a diploid cell contains two sets of chromosomes (2n), and haploid cells contain one set of chromosomes (n).
Recognize that mitosis maintains the chromosome number, so the daughter cells produced by mitosis remain diploid (2n), not haploid (n).
Since mitosis does not reduce the chromosome number, it does not produce haploid cells from a diploid parent cell.
Therefore, the number of haploid cells produced by mitosis from one diploid parent cell is zero.
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