Growth: Phases and Types · NCERT Biology

What happens to the daughter cells in arithmetic growth following mitotic division?

  1. Both daughter cells continue to divide equally
  2. Both daughter cells differentiate and mature fully
  3. One daughter cell divides; the other differentiates
  4. Both daughter cells undergo senescence and die
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Correct answer: One daughter cell divides; the other differentiates

Arithmetic growth is defined by one daughter cell remaining meristematic and continuing to divide, while the other matures and differentiates into a permanent cell.

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