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State the significance of meiosis.
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A cell with 24 chromosomes undergoes mitosis and another undergoes meiosis. State the number of chromosomes in each daughter cell in the two cases.
Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
Answer
24 in each of the two cells after mitosis, and 12 in each of the four cells after meiosis.
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Explanation
Mitosis keeps the number constant while meiosis halves it.
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