Compare and contrast the processes of mitosis and meiosis in an animal cell.
Mitosis | Meiosis |
it occurs in all the cells of the body | it occurs in only the germ cells |
it is an equational division | it is a reductional division |
produces two diploid daughter cells, genetically identical to parent cell | produces four haploid daughter cells, genetically different from the parent cells and each other |
no crossing over | crossing over occurs |
homologous chromosomes do not pair up | homologous chromosomes pair up |
it is part of asexual reproduction | it is part of sexual reproduction |
it involves one division | it involves two divisions |
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