Question

which process separates duplicated genetic material within the nucleus of a parent cell to create two daughter cells with identical genetic material?

Answer 1

Mitosis (mitotic cell division)

Answer 2

The right answer is-

Mitosis.

Mitosis is a type of cell divison in which one parent cell divides to give two daughter cells with same number of chromosomes. It is primarily divided into five phases, which occur in the following order-

Prophase is the first phase, followed by metaphase, anpahse, telophase, and cytokinesis (division of cytoplasm into two daughter cells).

The genetic material is duplicated during the interphase (particularly S phase) of cell cycle.

It is divided in the M (mitotic) phase so as to produce two daughter cells with same number of chromosomes as their parent cell.