meiosis

• What is meiosis?

  A type of cell division that produces gametes for sexual reproduction.
• What are the differences between meiosis and mitosis?

  • Mitosis leads to genetically identical cells. But meiosis leads to genetically different cells.
  • Mitosis has 1 division. Meiosis has 2 divisions.
  • Mitosis divides from 1 cell to 2 cells. Meiosis divides from 1 to 4 cells.
  • Mitosis maintains the chromosome number. Meiosis halves the number of chromosomes.
  • Mitosis produces body cells. Meiosis produces gametes.
• What are the similarities of mitosis and meiosis?

  • Both are types of cell division
  • Both involve DNA replication
• What is the process of meiosis?

  • Starts with one diploid parent cell
  • DNA replication
  • Has a homologous pair of replicated chromosomes
  • PMAT 1
  • PMAT 2
  • Ends with four haploid daughter cells