Biology (mitosis and meiosis)

• Mitosis: a type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth
• Meiosis: a type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell, as in the production of gametes and plant spores
• In meiosis the daughter cells are not identical, they are unique
• In mitosis the daughter cells are identical
• Mitosis and meiosis are different types of cell division