Understand mitosis - Middle School Life Science

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Suppose a species of insect has 96 chromosomes. How many chromosomes will each daughter cell have after mitosis of an insect cell is complete?

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The answer is "96" because the daughter cells will be identical to the parent cells.

Mitosis is a process where a parent cell divides to produce two identical daughter cells. The major purpose of mitosis is for growth and to replace worn out cells. Because the daughter cells contain twice the genetic material of the parent cell, they are referred to as “diploid.”

Some key differences between meiosis and mitosis are: Mitosis involves the division of body cells, while meiosis involves the division of sex cells. Two daughter cells are produced in mitosis, while four are produced in meiosis. Mitosis daughter cells are diploid, but meiosis daughter cells are haploid. Meiosis creates more genetic variation than mitosis.

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