During mitosis, homologous chromosomes pair up and separate.
False
During meiosis, homologous chromosomes pair up and separate. Homologous chromosomes do not function the same in mitosis as they do in meiosis. Prior to every single mitotic division, a cell undergoes, the DNA in the parent cell replicate themselves. The homologous chromosomes within the cell will not pair up and undergo genetic recombination with each other.