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How do the daughter cells compare to the parent cells ?

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The daughter cells are genetically identical to each other and the parent cell.

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No, daughter cells refer to cell division. In mitosis, the daughter cells will be identical to the parent cell. However, in meiosis, there will be 4 daughter cells, each genetically unique from one another and the parent cell. This is because of crossing over that occurs in prophase I.
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