1. The most important result of mitosis is the ___.
A. production of new varieties of cells to meet changes in theenvironment.
B. exact duplication of the parent cell's geneticinformation.
C. equal division of the parent cell's genetic informationbetween the two daughter cells.
D. equal distribution of the parent's cytoplasm between thetwo daughter cells.
2. Which of the following techniques would be useful incontrolling cancer once it has formed an abnormal growth?
A. Prevent mutations from occurring in the cancer cells.
B. Treat the cancer with drugs or other therapies that killdividing cells.
C. Increase the mutation rate to kill the cancer cells.
D. Increase the rate of mitosis in the cancer cells.