BIOLOGY:THE ESSENTIALS (LL) W/CONNECT
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Cell division is of two types, mitosis and meiosis. The mitotic division takes place in the somatic cells and meiotic division takes place in the sex cells. During meiosis, the chromosomes of the cell become half thus producing four haploid daughter cells.

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How would each of the following events affect the outcome of mitosis or meiosis? a. Mitotic cohesin fails to form early in mitosis. b. Shugoshin is absent during meiosis. c. Shugoshin does not break down after anaphase I of meiosis. d. Separase is defective.
Meiosis explains whya. you inherited half of your DNA from each of your parents.b. the sister chromatids in a chromosome are identical to each other.c. each of your somatic cells contains the same DNA.d. zygotes contain half as much DNA as somatic cells.
Which of the following is the primary difference between mitosis and meiosis?   A. Meiosis occurs in somatic cells, whereas mitosis is only used to produce germ cells.   B. Mitosis occurs in somatic cells, whereas meiosis is only used to produce germ cells.   C. Meiosis always occurs much more quickly than mitosis.   D. Only meiosis includes a separation division step, which occurs during Meiosis I.
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