Both mitosis and meiosis begin with a parent cell that is diploid. Which of the following best describes how mitosis and meiosis result in daughter cells with different numbers of chromosomes

Mitosis you begin with a parent cell that is haploid, it copies all it's chromosomes and splits so each daughter cell have the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell so both being diploid

In meiosis the chromosomes fold over DNA and are put in pairs, in the first division the pairs are split up evenly into two cells randomly (diploid still) but the the cells split the chromosomes in half in them creating four grneticly different haploid cells

aliasger2709 aliasger2709 · Answer 2 · 2021-11-15T14:55:00+01:00

Mitosis and meiosis are the two types of cell division. In mitosis, the parent cell forms two daughter cells that are genetically alike and have the same number of chromosomes.

In meiosis germ cell divides into four gametes with half the number of chromosomes, they take place in reproductive cells.

Both mitosis and meiosis begin with a diploid parent cell.

In mitosis, the parent cell is a haploid that divides and forms two equal daughter cells that have the same number of chromosomes. So both the parent and daughter cells are diploid.

In meiosis, the chromosomes get divided into two equal daughter cells but again a division occurs and the chromosomes get divided into half. This results in the formation of four daughter cells which are haploid in nature.

Therefore, in mitosis, you will get two diploid daughters and in meiosis, you will get four haploid daughter cells.

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