Question

Which of the following is not a difference between mitosis and meiosis? a. Mitosis results in two cells; meiosis results in four. b. Mitosis is a form of asexual reproduction; meiosis is involved with sexual reproduction. c. Mitosis occurs only in unicellular organisms such as bacteria; meiosis occurs only in multicellular organisms such as humans. d. Mitosis makes cells with a full set of chromosomes; meiosis makes cells with a half set of chromosomes.

Answer 1

Cell Biology: Mitosis and Meiosis

Mitosis and meiosis are two types of cell divisions.

In mitosis, the mother cell divides into two identical daughter cells, maintaining the same number of chromosomes as the mother cell. This process produces new cells in all living beings, and in unicellular organisms is a form of asexual reproduction.

Meiosis involves 2 rounds of division, meiosis I and meiosis II, and produces 4 daughter cells that are recombined and have half the chromosomes as the mother cell. This is the process that produces the gametes for sexual reproduction.

We can see that the statement "Mitosis occurs only in unicellular organisms such as bacteria; meiosis occurs only in multicellular organisms such as humans." is false and not a difference between mitosis and meiosis, because mitosis occurs in all living beings. So, C is the correct answer.