• Question: Why is the result of cell division called 'daughter cells'?

    Asked by Newt to Carmen, Daniel, Laura, Noel, Steph on 16 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Carmen Denman

      Carmen Denman answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Hi,

      It is just the term used for cells arising from one cell after division. It could be ‘offspring’ rather than daughter cells I suppose but that is the term that is often used.

    • Photo: Noel Carter

      Noel Carter answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Science exists within culture and I guess we often think of life as “female” so there is a great deal of mother/daughter terminology

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