Question

A group of students were debating whether unicellular bacterial cells that reproduce using the process of binary fission are actually performing mitosis and meiosis. Select the student with the best argument.

Poppy: A bacterial cell is going to undergo mitosis so that it can create offspring with double the number of chromosomes. The offspring with the double amount of chromosomes will then divide with mitosis creating four daughter cells with triple the amount of chromosomes.
Zabriya: The process of binary fission and meiosis are basically the same process with the same end result, a daughter cell with half the number of chromosomes. Unicellular organisms are not going to undergo mitosis because mitosis doubles the number of chromosomes.
Gauge: The process of binary fission is similar to mitosis because the results are identical cells, but binary fission always results in new identical organisms with the same chromosomes as the parent.Meiosis is not performed because the offspring would have half the number of chromosomes.
Dacy: A bacterial cell is going to do both mitosis and meiosis. The bacterial cell will divide using the process of mitosis and then it will divide again using meiosis creating four daughter cells with the same number of chromosomes as the parent bacterial cell.

Answer 1

Binary fission in bacterial cells does not involve mitosis or meiosis. It is a process where the cell divides to produce two genetically identical daughter cells. Bacterial cells have a single loop of DNA, which is replicated before cell division.

Step-by-step explanation:

In binary fission, bacterial cells divide to produce two genetically identical daughter cells. This process does not involve mitosis or meiosis. Bacterial cells have a single loop of DNA, which is replicated before cell division. Each loop of DNA moves to opposite sides of the cell, and the cell splits in half, resulting in two new identical cells.

Answer 2

poppy is the best of the debating