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question 23
bacteria are unable to do mitosis, because

a prokaryotes lack a cell cycle
b only eukaryotes do cytokinesis
c mitosis is nuclear division
d they only reproduce using meiosis

Explanation:

• Bacteria are prokaryotes. Mitosis is a type of nuclear division (a process that occurs in eukaryotes). Prokaryotes like bacteria do not have a nucleus. They reproduce through binary fission.
• Option a: Prokaryotes do have a cell cycle (though different from eukaryotes).
• Option b: Both prokaryotes (in the form of binary fission - which can be thought of as a form of "cytokinesis - like" process for prokaryotes) and eukaryotes have processes related to cell - division (cytokinesis in a strict sense is more of a eukaryotic term for the division of the cytoplasm after nuclear division).
• Option d: Bacteria do not use meiosis for reproduction. Meiosis is for sexual reproduction in eukaryotes (to produce gametes).

Answer:

C. mitosis is nuclear division