Mitosis was named in 1882 by a German scientist. The name was taken from the ancient Greek word mitos, which means "string". What parts of mitosis may have inspired this name?

The correct answer is - chromosomes.

Explanation:

Walther Flemming is a german scientist who named mitosis for the first time in the year 1882. Mitosis is the process of cell division in which a parent somatic cell into two daughter cells after the nucleus splits in two.

The word "mitosis" means "threads,"  or strands in the greek word mitos which refers to the thread-like or string-like appearance of the chromosomes during interphase and early prophase.

genetic variation can be caused by mutation (which can create entirely new alleles in a population), random mating, random fertilization, and recombination between homologous chromosomes during meiosis (which reshuffles alleles within an organism's offspring).

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