After mitosis, daughter cells contain the same amount of DNA as in the original cell. What is this due to?
A) protein synthesis
B) recombination
C) pairing of homologous chromosomes
D) meiosis
E) DNA replication

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The fact that daughter cells contain the same amount of DNA as in the original cell is due to DNA replication, which occurs during the S phase of the cell cycle prior to mitosis. During DNA replication, each parental strand serves as a template to synthesize a complementary daughter strand, resulting in two identical sets of DNA in the cell.

After Mitosis, Daughter Cells Contain the Same Amount of DNA