All of the following statements are true regarding mitosis and meiosis II EXCEPT:

A. The earliest eukaryotes were almost always single-celled and haploid, and they produced by mitosis.
B. Mitosis evolved later, from meiosis.
C. By mitosis and cytoplasmic division, one cell becomes two new cells.
D. The outcomes of mitosis and meiosis differ.
E. The molecular machinery of mitosis became remodeled into meiosis.


Answer: B

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