Biology

Question

The image shows a dividing amoeba cell.

Which statement is true about the genetic material of the newly formed daughter cells?

Responses

Both daughter cells have genetic material similar to the parent cell.

Both daughter cells have genetic material similar to the parent cell.

Both daughter cells have genetic material different from the parent cell.

Both daughter cells have genetic material different from the parent cell.

Both daughter cells have 50% of the parent cell’s genetic material.

Both daughter cells have 50% of the parent cell’s genetic material.

Both daughter cells have double the genetic material the parent cell contains.

Answer

Both daughter cells have genetic material similar to the parent cell.

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During cell division in amoeba, the genetic material is replicated and then divided equally between the two daughter cells. This means that both daughter cells have...