Biology GCSE
Identical daughter cells
What Identical daughter cells means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Identical daughter cells
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The two cells formed are genetically identical to each other and to the parent cell because each receives one full set of chromosomes.
Topics that use Identical daughter cells
- Mitosis and the cell cycle (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Application of knowledge
- Asexual reproduction
- cell cycle
- Cell cycle stages
- Chromosome copies
- Cytokinesis
- Cytokinesis in animal and plant cells
- Daughter cell formation
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