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Meiosis

After meiosis II the cells will not undergo another round of division. What prevents this?                                                             [2 pts]

Summarize mitosis and meiosis using the table below             [8 pts]

Mitosis

Meiosis

Number of cells at the beginning

1

1

Number of daughter cells produced

Number of chromosomes in each of the daughter cells; original chromosome number is 20

Daughter cells are genetically identical or different from the parent cell?

Purpose for each process in the life of an organism

Mitosis

Meiosis

Number of cells at the beginning

1

1

Number of daughter cells produced

Number of chromosomes in each of the daughter cells; original chromosome number is 20

Daughter cells are genetically identical or different from the parent cell?

Purpose for each process in the life of an organism

Explanation / Answer

After meiosis II, the cell is divided and having the two chromosomes from each pair, giving each gamete only one copy of each chromosome. So, after meiosis II the cell will not enter the cell division because it will not have the number of chromosomes to replicate.

Mitosis Meiosis Number of cells at the beginning 1 1 Number of daughter cells produced 2 4 Number of chromosomes in each of the daughter cells; original chromosome number is 20 20 10 Daughter cells are genetically identical or different from the parent cell? Identical Different Purpose for each process in the life of an organism Somatic cells Sex cells

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