Question

Give any 2 differences between mitosis and meiosis..

Answer 1

Meiosis

Meiosis is the form of nuclear cell division that results in daughter cells that have one half the chromosome numbers as the original cell.In organisms that are diploid, the end result is cells that are haploid. Each daughter cell gets one complete set of chromosomes, i.e., one of each homologous pair of chromosomes.In humans this means the chromosome number is reduced from 46 to 23.

Mitosis

Mitosis is a continuum of changes but biologists like break down the stages of mitosis into four main stages, prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase.The focus in this class is on an understanding of the process and not a memorization of phases.The only phase name you will need to remember is metaphase.

Answer 2

→ Mitosis is a equational division while meiosis is a reductional division.
→ Mitosis can occur in odd number as well but meiosis can never occur in odd number.
→ In mitosis 2 daughter cells are formed while in meiosis 4 daughter cells are formed.
→ In mitosis daughter cells are genetically same while meiosis leads to variations.