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what will be the result if a eukaryotic cell completes mitosis but does not undergo cytokinesis? one cell with two nuclei, each identical to the nucleus of the parent cell two cells, each cell with half of the genetic material of the parent cell two cells, one cell containing two nuclei and a second cell without a nucleus one cell with two nuclei, each containing half of the genetic material of the parent cell one cell with one nucleus containing half of the genetic material of the parent cell
Mitosis is the process of nuclear division in eukaryotic cells, where one nucleus divides into two genetically identical nuclei. Cytokinesis is the process of cytoplasmic division, which physically separates the two daughter cells. If a eukaryotic cell completes mitosis but does not undergo cytokinesis, the cell will have two nuclei (because mitosis has occurred, forming two nuclei) and will remain as one cell (because cytokinesis, the division of the cell into two separate cells, has not occurred). Also, since mitosis produces nuclei that are genetically identical to the parent cell nucleus (through processes like DNA replication and equal distribution of chromosomes during mitotic phases like anaphase), each of the two nuclei will be identical to the parent cell nucleus.
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one cell with two nuclei, each identical to the nucleus of the parent cell