Heredity-1

• Mitosis


  Completes in four main stages
• Meiosis


  1. Completes in eight main stages

  2. Forms two diploid daughter cells

  3. Forms four haploid daughter cells
• Mitosis


  • Helps in the growth of organisms
• Meiosis


  • Helps in the formation of gametes
• DNA


  Double stranded, contains deoxyribose sugar, is the genetic material
• RNA


  Single stranded, contains ribose sugar, its major function is to form protein
• Sex determination in humans