Cell division and stem cells 2.2

• Chromosomes


  Structures that contain DNA and genes
• Genes


  Sections of DNA that code for specific traits
• Types of cell division

  • Mitosis
  • Meiosis
• Mitosis


  Cell division that produces genetically identical daughter cells
• Meiosis


  Cell division that produces genetically different daughter cells with half the chromosome number
• Stem cells


  Unspecialised cells that can develop into any cell type