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Pick out the correct statements.
(A) Mitosis takes place in the somatic cells and meiosis takes place in the germ cells.
(B) During mitosis, the DNA replicates once for one cell division and in meiosis, the DNA replicates twice for two cell divisions.
(C) Mitosis and meiosis occur both in sexually reproducing organisms.

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A only
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B only
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C only
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A and B only
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E
A and C only
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Solution

The correct option is E A and C only
  • Mitosis is an equational division and it mostly takes place in a somatic cell while meiosis is a reductional division. It takes place in germ cells.
  • DNA replicates only once in both mitosis as well as meiosis.
  • Mitosis and meiosis occur both in sexually reproducing organisms.
So, the correct answer is option E.

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