Meiosis in haploid cell, mitosis in haploid cell?

Question

Can meiosis occur in a haploid cell? can mitosis occur in a haploid cell? why

Answer 1

The other answers are good, but not completely correct.

A diploid or haploid cell can go through mitosis to make an itendical copy of the original.

Only a diploid cell can go through meiosis. One diploid cell creates FOUR haploid cells, unlike the first answer said. Each of these four haploid cells has half the number of chromosomes as the original diploid cell. In humans, this is what makes the gametes, sperm and egg. When a sperm fertilizes an egg, the two cells combine and form a diploid cell with the diploid amount of chromosomes.

Answer 2

Mitosis can occur in a diploid or a haploid cell, and the offspring produced are genetically identical to the parents. Meiosis occurs in diploid cells and the offspring are haploid cells.Haploid cells do not further divide, the chromosome no of a cell can be n or 2n but it can't be 1/2n.
Haploid cells like gametes combine with each other to form diploid cells.

Answer 3

Mitosis occurs in diploid cells, resulting in 2 diploid cells. Meiosis occurs in diploid cells resulting in 2 haploid cells. Haploid cells only occur as gametes, which are terminal (do not further divide).

Answer 4

Mitosis or meiosis in diploid cell.

Mitosis in haploid cell (if it divides at all). This is more common in plants that have the "alternation of generations" between sporophyte (diploid) and gametophyte (haploid).