Question

Mitosis and meiosis are methods of cell division.

Which of the following is true of these two methods?
A. Meiosis involves only one division, while mitosis involves two divisions.
B. Mitosis involves two or more divisions, while meiosis involves exactly two divisions.
C. Meiosis involves two or more divisions, while mitosis involves exactly two divisions.
D. Mitosis involves only one division, while meiosis involves two divisions.

Answer 1

Mitosis is only 1 division whereas meiosis is 2 divisions.

Answer 2

The best and most correct answer among the choices provided by the question is the second choice "Mitosis involves two or more divisions, while meiosis involves exactly two divisions."


In eukaryotes, there are two distinct types of cell division: a vegetative division, whereby each daughter cell is genetically identical to the parent cell (mitosis), and a reproductive cell division, whereby the number of chromosomes in the daughter cells is reduced by half to produce haploid gametes (meiosis).

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