Question

How are mitosis and meiosis similar?(1 point)ResponsesThey produce daughter cells with the same number of chromosomes.They produce daughter cells with the same number of chromosomes.They are both caused by mutations.They are both caused by mutations.They produce the same number of daughter cells.They produce the same number of daughter cells.They are both forms of cell division.They are both forms of cell division.

Answer 1

They are both forms of cell division.

Brief explanation: Both mitosis and meiosis divide a parent cell’s nucleus (after DNA replication) through similar stages (prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase), though meiosis includes two divisions and produces genetically different haploid cells while mitosis produces genetically identical diploid cells.