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1. How does mitotic cell division produce genetically identical daughter cells? Include each stage of mitosis and what happens during each.

2. Describe differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.

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Mitosis is a process of cell division which results in the production of two daughter cells from a single parent cell. The daughter cells are identical to one another and to the original parent cell. It is the process by which the somatic cells divide and multiply.

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1. How does mitotic cell division produce genetically identical daughter cells?
Include each stage of mitosis and what happens during each.

What is mitosis?
Mitosis is a process of cell division which results in the production of two daughter cells from a single parent cell. The daughter cells are identical to one another and to the original parent cell. It is the process by which the somatic cells divide and multiply.
The function of mitosis is to insure that every new cell contains the same genetic information as all other cells. Mitotic cell division is "copy division". Therefore, it produces identical daughter cells as it involves division of a single cell into daughter cells. The daughter cells are identical to each other and the to the parent cell.

Different stages of Mitosis and fate of chromosome at each stage
In a typical animal cell, mitosis can be divided ...

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