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Why is mitosis called equational division?


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Mitosis:

  1. Mitosis is the process by which a cell copies its chromosomes before segregating them into two identical daughter cells for cell division.
  2. Mitosis is a type of cell division that produces genetically identical cells with the same number of chromosomes.
  3. It consists of prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.

Explanation:

  1. Because mitosis is the process in which cell division occurs in which the chromosomes multiply and evenly disperse into two daughter cells, it is called equational division.
  2. Each produced daughter cell should have the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell.

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