Question

Which statement best describes daughter cells resulting from mitosis?

A.
Daughter cells have less genetic material than the parent cell.

B.
Daughter cells are genetically different from the parent cell.

C.
Daughter cells have more genetic material than the parent cell.

D.
Daughter cells are genetically identical to the parent cell.

Answer 1

D. Daughter cells are genetically identical to the parent cell.

Mitosis produces two daughter cells with the same chromosome number and same genetic information as the parent (barring mutation); meiosis is the division that produces genetically different gametes.