Question

Skeletal muscle performs many functions in the body, including locomotion, support, and heat generation. Unlike most cells in the human body, skeletal muscle cells are multinucleate (having more than one nucleus per cell).
Which statement describes a circumstance that would produce a mature cell that has more than one nucleus?

• A. Cytokinesis happens more often than mitosis
• B. Mitosis happens more often than cytokinesis
• C. Meiosis causes nuclear fission
• D. Meiosis produces four daughter cells

Answer 1

The correct option is B Mitosis happens more often than cytokinesis

A mature cell that has more than one nucleus, share common cytoplasm with another cells. Mitosis results in the equational nuclear division. If Mitosis is not followed by cytokinesis then a mature multinucleated cell is produced.

So the correct answer is 'Mitosis happens more often than cytokinesis'.