Question

1. Does the parent cell in Mitosis start off as diploid or haploid? Are the resulting cells at the end of Mitosis diploid or haploid?

2.Does the parent cell in Meiosis start off as diploid or haploid? Are the resulting cells at the end of Meiosis diploid or haploid?

3.How does the number of chromosomes in sperm/egg compare with the number of chromosomes in the parent cell?

4.

1. Identify whether each process below occurs during mitosis, meiosis,or both.

b. Haploid cells are formed -

c. Cell division occurs only once

d. Homologous chromosomes pair

e. 4 haploid cells are the final result

g. Cell division occurs twice -

h. Replicated chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell

i. 2 diploid cells are the final result _