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Q. How many mitotic divisions are needed for a single cell to make 128 cells?

AIPMTAIPMT 1997Cell Cycle and Cell Division

Solution:

Mitosis is an equational division where after division each cell produces two daughter cells, therefore after 7 divisions one cell will give 128 cells in case of mitosis.