Question

After mitosis, you have 2 cells that are the same as the parent cell. Why is it that your first cell was not the same as your parents?

Answer 1

During MITOSIS, the parent, diploid (2n), cell is divided to create two identical, diploid (2n), daughter cells. ... After cytokinesis, the ploidy of the daughter cells remains the same because each daughter cell contains 4 chromatids, as the parent cell did.