Mitosis is the type of cell division that allows an embryo to grow.

Direct answer

  • During early development, the fertilized egg divides repeatedly to produce many cells, and this increase in cell number happens through mitosis.
  • In mitosis, one parent cell splits into two genetically identical daughter cells, which is how most body (somatic) cells multiply for growth and tissue formation in the embryo.

Quick Scoop: why not meiosis?

  • Meiosis is the special kind of division that makes gametes (egg and sperm) and happens before fertilization, not during embryo growth.
  • Once the zygote has formed, all the cell divisions that build up the embryo and later the fetus are mitotic divisions, driving growth and early development.

So if a test or forum question asks “which type of cell division allows the embryo to grow?”, the correct choice is mitosis.

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