What type of nuclear division results in two somatic cells with the same genetic complement as the original cell?

Mitosis is the type of nuclear division that results in two somatic cells, each containing the same genetic material as the original cell. This process is crucial for growth, tissue repair, and asexual reproduction in multicellular organisms. During mitosis, a single cell's chromosomes are replicated and divided evenly so that each daughter cell receives an exact copy of the parent cell's DNA.

The process begins when the cell prepares for division, allowing for the replication of DNA during the synthesis phase. As the cell cycle progresses through various phases (prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase), the chromosomes align, separate, and are ultimately enveloped in new nuclear membranes to form two distinct nuclei. Finally, the cytoplasm divides in a process known as cytokinesis, resulting in two genetically identical daughter cells.

In contrast, meiosis is a different type of division that occurs in germ cells and leads to the production of gametes (sperm and egg cells), which have half the number of chromosomes and are genetically diverse. Binary fission is a simpler form of asexual reproduction observed in prokaryotic organisms, where a single cell divides into two identical cells, but it does not involve the complex processes seen in euk