The process through which a single cell divides into two identical daughter cells is called _____ ; the process through which two specialized cells combine to form a new cell with genetic information from each cell is called _____.
A) mitosis; meiosis
B) meiosis; evolution
C) mitosis; recombination
D) reproduction; evolution

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Mitosis is the process where a single cell divides into two identical daughter cells, maintaining the same number of chromosomes. Meiosis, on the other hand, is a type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, resulting in four daughter cells, each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell, and is crucial for sexual reproduction where two specialized cells (gametes) combine.

The Process Through Which a Single Cell Divides into Two