Which process yields two diploid daughter cells?

Which process yields two diploid daughter cells?

• A. Meiosis
• B. Cytokinesis
• C. Binary fission
• D. Mitosis

Answer: (D)

Two diploid daughter cells come from mitosis. In mitosis, a cell with a duplicated (diploid) set of chromosomes evenly separates its sister chromatids so that each new nucleus receives a full diploid genome. After cytokinesis divides the cytoplasm, two distinct cells remain, each with the complete diploid chromosome set and genetically identical to the original cell. Meiosis, by contrast, halves the chromosome number and yields four haploid cells, not two diploid ones. Cytokinesis alone doesn’t determine chromosome number; it’s the mitotic division that ensures two diploid daughters after the cytoplasm splits. Binary fission in bacteria typically produces two cells but those genomes aren’t described as diploid in the same sense.

Two diploid daughter cells come from mitosis. In mitosis, a cell with a duplicated (diploid) set of chromosomes evenly separates its sister chromatids so that each new nucleus receives a full diploid genome. After cytokinesis divides the cytoplasm, two distinct cells remain, each with the complete diploid chromosome set and genetically identical to the original cell. Meiosis, by contrast, halves the chromosome number and yields four haploid cells, not two diploid ones. Cytokinesis alone doesn’t determine chromosome number; it’s the mitotic division that ensures two diploid daughters after the cytoplasm splits. Binary fission in bacteria typically produces two cells but those genomes aren’t described as diploid in the same sense.