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A middle-school student asks her mom, who is a student nurse, to explain the difference between mitosis and meiosis. Based on this information, what is the best explanation of the difference between mitosis and meiosis?
 
  1 . In mitosis, cells divide into four parts to reproduce themselves. Each of the daughter and son cells is unique and differs from the mother and father cells.
  2 . In meiosis, cell division produces eggs or sperm that contain half the total number of chromosomes.
  3 . In mitosis, cells divide into two parts to reproduce themselves. Each of the daughter cells is an exact genetic duplicate of the original or mother cell.
  4 . In meiosis, cell division produces chromosomes for the body's growth, repair, and replacement of injured and dead tissues.
  A) 1, 2
  B) 1, 4
  C) 2, 3
  D) 3, 4
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