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Mitosis is the process that produces a diploid cell from two haploid cells. It is defined as a type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth.

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What process of cell division creates diploid cells and what process creates haploid cells?

Mitosis makes diploid cells or stomatic cells which are cells with 2 haploid sets of chromosomes. These are your normal body cells. every cell in you body besides the gametes are diploid and have 46 chromosomes. Meiosis makes haploid cells which only have 23 chromosomes or one set of chromosomes. Haploid cells are your gametes or reproductive cells and meiosis only happens in your gonads or reproductive organ.


Does meiosis make haploid or diploid cell?

Meiosis produces haploid cells. During meiosis, a diploid cell undergoes two rounds of cell division to form four haploid daughter cells. This process is essential for sexual reproduction as it ensures the correct number of chromosomes in the offspring.


What process allows for the fusion of 2 haploid cells to produce a diploid cell?

Fertilization


What comes after haploid cells in meiosis?

the process of meiosis is completed after 4 haploid cells are made. It starts with (i believe) 1 diploid cell that divides into 2 diploids, then it splits and makes 4 haploid cells. then another diploid cell is required to make more haploids (again, i believe)


Is 2 diploid cells are the final result is it meiosis or mitosis or both?

If the final result is two diploid cells, it indicates that the process is mitosis. Mitosis results in two genetically identical diploid daughter cells from a single diploid parent cell. In contrast, meiosis produces four haploid cells, which are genetically diverse and have half the chromosome number of the parent cell. Therefore, the correct answer is mitosis.


What type of cell division produces diploid cells?

Meiosis produces haploid cells from a diploid cell


How many diploid cells happen in meiosis?

2 daughter cells


What types of cells does mitosis make?

Mitosis makes normal diploid (containing 2 of each chromosome) cells.


Does mitosis produces 2 diploid cells?

Mitosis produces diploid cells because mitotic cells have the full chromosome number, while meiotic cells only have half of the full chromosome number.


Is the end product of mitosis haploid or diploid?

Mitosis produces DIPLOID cells- remember in mitosis your INCREASING the number of CELLS but the chromosome number is the SAME as the parentso a parent that has a (DIPLOID number of 10)will produce at the end of mitosis will produce 2 children with a diploid number of (10)That is why Mitosis is CONSERVATIVE.So in actuality, 1 diploid cell will produce 2 diploid cells in mitosisThe above is only true if the starting cell is itself diploid. However there are plenty of instances, especially in plants, in which cells that are haploid (the ones that give rise to pollen and egg, and endosperm nuclei, for example) or multiploid (hexaploid wheat, for example) undergo mitosis, and the cells that are produced have the same ploidy as the starting cell. Always. As noted above, mitosis is conservative. However, you ought not assume that you started with a diploid cell.


How many diploid and haploid cells are made during mitosis?

This is a complicated question..There are a few things that we must clarifyThe basic definition of mitosis: The division of a cell where the daughter cells (cells resulting from this form of duplication) are genetically identical to that of the mother cell (or original cell).Mitosis is what we generally consider to occur in somatic cells (of animals). Somatic cells are all the cells of the human body that are not involved in reproduction, so basically they are everything except gametes.Somatic cells are largely diploid, so they have a complete set of all the DNA you inherited. With this information we can understand the answer to this question. In a single process of mitosis, where only one division occurs, a somatic cell (diploid) will divide into two genetically identical daughter cells (meaning they are also diploid).That said, these are the products of mitosis in a somatic cell:1 Diploid somatic cell + Mitosis = 2 Diploid somatic cells (daughters) genetically identical to the parent (parent)However, theoretically, if the parent is haploid, then mitosis still works to duplicate the DNA that was available in the original. So, in this case 2 haploid daughter cells would be produced because this was the nature of the parent cell.


What process forms two diploid cells?

A haploid cell only contains 23 chromosomes, whilst a diploid cell contains 23 x 2 chromosomes. When an egg cell (haploid) and a sperm cell (haploid) merge, a diploid cell is formed. Added: Called a zygote.