Why cant sex cells form by mitosis?

Answer 1

if I'm not mistaken I'm pretty sure its that sperm cells and the egg. (gamete's)

each have around 23 chromosomes each. and a skin cell already has 46 chromosomes.

so mitosis wouldn't be able to happen.

well at least that's what i think.

Answer 2

Sex cells cannot form by mitosis because they need to undergo a special type of cell division called meiosis, which reduces the chromosome number by half. This reduction is essential for sexual reproduction to ensure that the offspring receive a unique combination of genetic material from the two parents. Mitosis, on the other hand, results in daughter cells with the same chromosome number as the parent cell.

Answer 3

Sex cells need ginetic variation in order to have the many outcomes that it creates and so we are notall exact copies of eachother. Mitosis is a cell making an exact copy of itself so the sex cells would

1.) cause us to all look the same and

2.) double the number of chromosomes each generation because the two would need to combine.

Meiosis goes through mitosis twice and includes crossing over and such to create, in the end, 4 cells each unique for every one cell it starts with.

Answer 4

Mitosis creates daughter cells with the same chromosome count as their parent, however meiosis daughter cells have half the number of chromosomes as their parent. This is because if two reproductive cells (formed by meiosis) meet, each will have half the chromosomes needed, adding up to 46, enough to make a new cell. If the two reproductive cells already had a full chromosome count met, they would combine to make a cell with double the chromosome count needed, horribly mutating it. Imagine that...

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Also because you were adopted.

Answer 5

Because reproductive cells generally need to have only half of the number of chromosomes that normal cells have. Therefore, they are formed by meiosis (splitting of the cell).

Answer 6

Sex cells must be haploid so they can combine to form a diploid zygote.

Mitosis splits a diploid into two diploid, so a diploid must use meiosis to become haploid.

Answer 7

because mitosis makes a duplicate cell & it would have too many chromosomes. meiosis makes sex cells

Answer 8

Daughter cells are produced in both meiosis and mitosis. The difference is daughter cells are 2N in mitosis and ultimately 1N in meiosis.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

because they are germ cells