Mitosis- how many daughter cells are formed, What is their chromosome number?

Question

Compare the result to the daughter cells that form after meiosis I and to the cells that form afrte meiosis II.

this is for summer school

Answer 1

mitosis is for somatic or body cells not s*x cells.

two new cells are formed from one cell. that does not mean there are three cells. just two. 46 chromosomes in each  for human beings.

Then you get four cells int he second generation each with 46 chromosomes.

Answer 2

Mitosis is a process of cell division to produce genetically identical cells for growth and repair of body tissues.

At the end of Mitosis 2 X daughter cells are formed. The daughter cells formed are diploid ie have the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell from which they were formed.

Meiosis only occurs in the testes in males and the ovaries in females and produces gametes for sexual reproduction.

Meiosis involves two divisions, the first Meiosis I halves the number of chromosomes, the second Meiosis II doubles the number of cells. Crossing over also occurs during Prophase I to exchange genetic material between adjacent chromatids of homologous chromosomes. The result is 4 X non identical gametes which are haploid.

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