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.