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QuizMultiple Choice

Asexual and Sexual Reproduction

Question 11 • First Semester Biology

Which process must the cell undergo to have genetically different cells at the end of cell division?

Answer
m
meiosis
m
mitosis
a
asexual reproduction
b
binary fission

Explanation

Meiosis produces cells that are genetically different from one another because it includes crossing over and the independent assortment of chromosomes. Mitosis usually makes genetically identical daughter cells, and binary fission is also a form of division that typically produces genetically similar cells. Therefore, the process is meiosis.

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