Mitosis and Meiosis

• The main purpose of mitosis is growth, repair, and maintenance of the body's cells.
• Meiosis produces gametes (sex cells) that contain half the number of chromosomes as other body cells.
• Interphase is the longest phase of the cell cycle where DNA replication occurs.
• :Mitosis produces two identical daughter cells, while meiosis produces four sex cells (gametes) that contain half the genetic material of the original cell.