Question

What is the significance of mitosis?

• A. It ensures that the daughter cells resemble each other as well as the parent in genetic content.
• B. It ensures that both the daughter cells receive the exact same amount of cytoplasm.
• C. It ensures that both the daughter cells get the same number of organelles.
• D. It ensures that the nucleus is divided exactly into halves.

Answer 1

The correct option is A

It ensures that the daughter cells resemble each other as well as the parent in genetic content.

Mitosis helps in the growth and repair of tissues in multicellular animals. Simple organisms give rise to their progeny through cell division. It is important for cell division to occur in order to ensure that the progeny or daughter cells not only resemble each other and the parent cell but also contain the exact amount of genetic information as the parent cell. As living things grow, some cells die or become damaged and need replacements and this is fulfilled by the ability of the cells to divide. The new cells that are formed are identical to the parent cells.