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Why is mitosis calles equational divisions? |
| Answer» Mitosis\xa0is the process of\xa0cell division\xa0wherein the chromosomes replicate and gets equally distributed into two daughter cells. The chromosome number in each daughter cell is equal to that in the parent cell, i.e., diploid. Hence,\xa0mitosis\xa0is\xa0known as equational division.\xa0Mitosis\xa0produces 2 diploid cells. The old name for\xa0meiosis\xa0was\xa0reduction/\xa0division.\xa0Meiosis\xa0I reduces the ploidy level from 2n to n (reduction) while\xa0Meiosis\xa0II divides the remaining set of chromosomes in a\xa0mitosis-like process (division). | |