Complete Table 1 by identifying whether the statements in the table are describing mitosis or meiosis.
The first one has been done for you.
[5 marks]
Table 1
Mitosis or meiosis? | |
How gametes are made | Meiosis |
Produces four daughter cells | |
How fertilised egg cells divide | |
Daughter cells contain half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell | |
Occurs during asexual reproduction | |
Required for growth |
How many chromosomes are contained in each gamete?
[1 mark]
46
48
24
23
Identical twins come from one fertilised egg splitting into two embryos. This means that they have the same DNA as each other.
Although they are genetically identical, identical twins don't often look the same as each other.
Why is this the case?
[2 marks]
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