genetically identical daughter cells
What genetically identical daughter cells means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Reference: OCR
Cells produced by mitosis that have the same chromosome number as the parent cell and are genetically identical to it, barring mutation.
Two daughter cells that each receive one chromatid from every chromosome, so both end up with the same alleles as the parent cell.
Topics that use genetically identical daughter cells
- All cells arise from other cells (AQA A-Level)
- Cell division, cell diversity and cellular organisation (OCR A-Level)
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