Which statement is true about a daughter cell produced by mitosis (assuming normal mitosis without mutation)?

• A. It becomes haploid after cytokinesis because sister chromatids do not separate.
• B. It contains a new combination of alleles due to crossing over during prophase I.
• C. It is genetically identical to the parent cell and has the same number of chromosomes.
• D. It has half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell because homologous chromosomes separate.

Answer: (C)