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Multiploid refers to having multiple copies of a chromosome. Polyploid, on the other hand, refers to having more than the normal number of sets of chromosomes.
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What are three differences between mitosis and meiosis?
Here are two; mitosis ends in cell division while meiosis ends with gamete division, and mitosis ends with a chromosome number of 2N while meiosis ends with a chromosome number of 1N - give us the third.
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.
