Why is Mitosis Called Equational Division

Answer:

In the process of mitosis, the chromosomes in the parent cell are distributed into two daughter cells and the amount of chromosomes in parent cell and daughter cells are the same. 

Mitosis is also known as equational division because in mitosis cell division process takes place in which the chromosomes break down and are equally divided into two daughter cells. And the number of chromosomes in each daughter cell should be equivalent to the number in the parent cells. 

In the mitosis procedure, the replication takes place, and after division occurs which result is as similar to that of the parent cell. The DNA concentration is reduced partly after the mitosis process takes place. After that Mitosis-II also occurs where it undergoes the equational division on the other hand mitosis -experience reductional division. 

The mitosis distributes one mother cell into two daughter cells that are similar to each other. In this procedure, the chromosomes of the mother cell are distributed among the daughter cells equally without any discrimination. The number of chromosomes is always equal in the daughter cells as compared to in the mother cells. And due to the equal distribution of chromosomes among the daughter cells, this process is also called equational division. For instance, if a parent cell contains 18 chromosomes, then daughter cells formed by the process of mitosis will also have 18 chromosomes.