Use the mitosis and meiosis interactive to answer the question. Use the word bank to complete the passage describing mitosis and meiosis. All words will be used at least once and most words will be used more than once. a. A male giant panda has 42 chromosomes in its skin cells. This represents the ____chromosome number. As the animal's old skin cells die and slough off, cells nearby divide through _to produce more skin cells. b. Germ cells within the animal's testicles undergo___ to replicate themselves and to produce sperm. c. The cells produced by mitosis in this panda have a_ chromosome number and are produced after__ are pulled apart into separate daughter cells. d. The cells produced by meiosis I in this panda have a _ chromosome number and are produced after __have been pulled apart into separate daughter cells. e. The cells produced by meiosis II in this animal have a _chromosome number and are produced after____ have been pulled apart into separate daughter cells

a. A male giant panda has 42 chromosomes in its skin cells. This represents the diploid chromosome number. As the animal's old skin cells die and slough off, cells nearby divide through mitosis to produce more skin cells. b. Germ cells within the animal's testicles undergo mitosis to replicate themselves and meiosis to produce sperm. c. The cells produced by mitosis in this panda have a diploid chromosome number and are produced after sister chromatids are pulled apart into separate daughter cells. d. The cells produced by meiosis I in this panda have a haploid chromosome number and are produced after homologous chromosomes have been pulled apart into separate daughter cells. e. The cells produced by meiosis II in this animal have a haploid chromosome number and are produced after sister chromatids have been pulled apart into separate daughter cells

Explanation:

Mitosis can be described as a type of cell division in which two daughter cells are formed which are identical to the parent cell. The process of mitosis is used for replicating the cells of the body which damage or die with the passage of time.

All cells in the body undergo mitotic division except the sex cells. The sex cells replicate by the process of meiosis so that the chromosome number in an embryo can be maintained after fertilization.