Question

Mention the difference between mitosis and meiosis with reference to:
a) Number of daughter cells formed at the end of the cell division.
b) The chromosome number of daughter cells formed.


Name the specific part of a chromosome that determines hereditary
characteristics.


Name the following:
a) The structure responsible to transmits characteristics from parent to
offspring
b) Initiates cell division.
c) A membrane that disappears during late prophase​

Answer 1

b) in mitosis the Chromosome no. remains the same while in miosis it is reduced by half. a) in mitosis it is two deploid cells and in miosis it is four haploid cells