A Cell Divides to Produce Two Daughter Cells That Are

Question

A cell divides to produce two daughter cells that are genetically different.
A) The statement is true for mitosis only.
B) The statement is true for meiosis I only.
C) The statement is true for meiosis II only.
D) The statement is true for mitosis and meiosis I.
E) The statement is true for mitosis and meiosis II.

Accepted Answer

Meiosis I is the stage of meiosis where homologous chromosomes separate, leading to daughter cells that are genetically different from each other and from the parent cell. This genetic diversity is not a feature of mitosis, which produces genetically identical daughter cells, or meiosis II, which separates sister chromatids without further increasing genetic diversity among the resulting cells.