Self Assessment Answer # 5 for Lesson 3 by Dr Jamie Love 2002 - 2005

Mitosis is nuclear division in eukaryotes that creates two identical daughter nuclei.
[Notice I reminded you that we are talking about eukaryotes. Also remember that mitosis is only one of the two kinds of nuclear division. The other is meiosis and that's our next topic!]

The complex series of organelles and phases ensure that each newly formed daughter nucleus gets an exact copy of the genetic materials. The cellular apparatus is designed to ensure that the genetic material is distributed equally and correctly.

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