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What is the basic difference between mitosis and meiosis |
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Answer» \tMitosisMeiosisMitosis is the M-phase of the cell cycle. Mitosis results in the formation of two daughter cells identical to each other and also to the parent cell. Mitosis is also called as equational division as both the parent and the daughter cells have equal number of chromosomes. Mitosis involves four nuclear divisions namely, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase and Telophase.Meiosis is reductional phase of cell division. It involves the division of a diploid parent cell to give rise to haploid cells with single set of chromosomes. During fertilization, haploid cells fuse to restore the chromosome number in the offspring. Hence, meiosis maintains constant number of chromosomes of particular species.\t Mitosis.... results in 2 daughter cells...diploid daughter cellsMeiosis....results in 4daughter cells....haploid daughter cells..... |
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