Question

How many daughter cells are in mitosis and how many are in meiosis?

Answer 1

Hint: The cell is the basic unit of life and it carries out various functions. It grows and matures into an adult cell. after attaining maturity, it divides itself. The division leads to the production of the daughter cells which then grow and again divide themselves in order to multiply.

Complete answer:
-Mitosis is the process in which the equational division of the cells takes place. In this process, the cell when attains maturity divides itself to form two daughter cells. These two daughter cells contain the same amount of the chromosome as the parent cell. The diploid parent cell divides to form two diploid daughter cells. This whole process occurs in a single cycle.
- Meiosis is the process in which the cell divides itself and produces daughter cells. This process is also known as the reductional division. The process involves two stages which are meiosis I and meiosis II. In meiosis I there is the production of two daughter cells and then these daughter cells undergo reduction division in the meiosis II stage. The meiosis leads to the production of the four daughter cells at the end of the process. One parent cell divides into two daughter cells first and then these daughter cells divide themselves again in order to yield the four daughter cells.
-The number of daughter cells formed in the process of mitosis is two and the number of daughter cells formed in the process of meiosis is four. The mitosis leads to the formation of diploid daughter cells and the meiosis leads to the formation of haploid daughter cells.

Note:
The process of mitosis is a simple process in which parent cells divide themselves into two daughter cells. The process of meiosis is helpful in the formation of the gametes as it forms four haploid daughter cells.