Amount of DNA in the daughter cells will be equal to the parent cell
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B
Size will be half of the parent cell
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C
DNA will be double of the parent cell
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D
Both A and C
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Solution
The correct option is
B
Amount of DNA in the daughter cells will be equal to the parent cel
Mitosis is a process that takes place in the nucleus of the eukaryotic cells.
During the process which is made up of five stages, the mother cells divide to form two daughter cells and will have the same genetic composition because the DNA content of the parent cell gets duplicated during the S phase of the interphase during the cell division.