Question

How do the cells at the end of one “round” of mitosis genetically compare to the cells at the end of meiosis for the same organism? How do these cells compare to the original cell prior to it undergoing its respective process?

Answer 1

The cells which undergo mitosis have the have the same number of chromosomes as the original cell had after one round of mitosis whereas in meiosis in cell of the same organism, the number of the chromosomes in the daughter cells are half of that of the parent (original) cell after one cycle of meiosis. Cells that undergo mitosis can either be haploid or diploid and they tend to conserve the number of chromosomes in the daughter cells but in meiosis the cell must be diploid as the number of chromosomes are reduced to half in the daughter and this process of meiosis is also known as reduction division where the number of chromosomes are halved when compared the parent (original) cell. Main difference in mitosis and meiosis is the change in the ploidy level.

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