After mitotic cell division, what is true about each daughter cell?

After mitotic cell division, each daughter cell retains the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell. This process is crucial for growth, repair, and asexual reproduction in multicellular organisms.

During mitosis, the cell undergoes a series of well-defined stages—prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase—where the chromosomes are duplicated and then evenly distributed into the two new cells. Essentially, before mitosis begins, the chromosomes are duplicated during the S phase of interphase, ensuring that each daughter cell will receive an identical set of chromosomes.

This maintenance of chromosome number is fundamental because it ensures that the genetic information is preserved across generations of cells. Thus, each daughter cell emerges with a complete set of chromosomes identical to that of the original parent cell.