Question

A cell with 10 chromosomes undergoes mitosis. How many daughter cells are created? ___ Each daughter cell has ___ chromosomes.

Answer 1

Two daughter cells for each parent cell undergoing mitosis.
Each daughter cell has 10 chromosomes in this example.

Answer 2

In a cell wih 10 chromosomes undergoes mitosis, the result are 2 daughter cells each with 10 chromosomes

Cells have the ability to reproduce or replicate through 2 processes:

• Mitosis
• Meiosis

Mitosis differs from meiosis because the final result is always

• 2 daughter cells
• The daughter cells are identical to the mother cell and this includes the same number of chromosomes

This means in mitosis 1 cell with 10 chromosomes leads to two identical cells each with 10 chromosomes.