Significance of Meiosis and Mitosis

Question 1

Significance of Mitosis

Answer 1

Repair and recovery, Asexual reproduction, growth and development, maintenance of genetic material

Question 2

complete set of genetic material in somatic cells

Answer 2

Genome

Question 3

This division allows complete set of genetic material to be inherited.

Answer 3

Mitosis

Question 4

Why are elephants big?

Answer 4

Repeated Mitosis

Question 5

Old and damaged cells are replaced through

Answer 5

mitotic division.

Question 6

Significance of Meiosis

Answer 6

-genetic diversity
-survival
-reduction of genetic material and sexual reproduction
-inheritance

Question 7

All human body cells are ——-
except gametes which are ——–.

Answer 7

Diploid, Haploid

Question 8

Cells are usually limited by a certain number of times that they can divide before being too aged to further undergo mitosis. This limit is known as the

Answer 8

Hayflick limit