Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Mitosis and Meiosis

Mitosis
1 A process of asexual reproduction in which the cells divide into two daughter cells producing a replica with an equal number of chromosomes.
2 Function is cellular reproduction.
3 Occurs in all organisms
4 Two diploid daughter cells
5 One division of nucleus in cytokinesis

Same

1 DNA replication
2 Cell division
3 Same stages
4 Each cell has same number of chromosomes.


Meiosis

1 A type of cellular reproduction in which the number of chromosomes are reduced by half through separation of homologous chromosomes in diploid cells.
2 Function is growth, repair, asexual reproduction
3 Occurs in humans, animals, plants
4 Four haploid daughter cells
5 Two nuclear cytoplasmic division

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