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In animals, mitotic division normally occurs only in cells that are:

AHaploid gametes
BDiploid somatic
CHaploid somatic
DDiploid gametes
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Diploid somatic
1. Gametes are made by a different kind of division. 2. Body cells with two sets divide by mitosis. 3. So they are diploid somatic cells. _Source: syllabus Biology Class XI, Chapter 10, Cell Cycle and Cell Division._
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