LABORATORY REVIEW
MITOSIS AND MEIOSIS
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Mitosis produces two identical daughter cells with meiosis produces sex cells with half the genetic information.
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Mitosis produces sex cells with half the genetic information, while meiosis produces two identical daughter cells.
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Mitosis occurs only in single celled organisms, while meiosis only occurs in animals.
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Mitosis occurs in animals, while meiosis only occurs in single celled organisms.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mitosis creates two identical daughter cells that each contain the same number of chromosomes as their parent cell. In contrast, meiosis gives rise to four unique daughter cells, each of which has half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
Detailed explanation-2: -What’s the Difference? Mitosis produces two genetically identical “daughter” cells from a single “parent” cell, whereas meiosis produces cells that are genetically unique from the parent and contain only half as much DNA. Most cells in the body regularly go through mitosis, but some do so more often than others.
Detailed explanation-3: -The resulting cells from meiosis are not genetically identical because of the recombination of genes that occurred during prophase 1. Sex cells in humans are produced by meiosis. In males, all four child cells are sperms while in females, one child cell is an egg and the other 3 are polar bodies.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sex cells are formed through a particular kind of cell division called meiosis. Unlike in normal cell division (mitosis), the genetic material of the original (parent) cell is divided up twice. As in most other cells in the body, the nucleus of the original cell contains the person’s full set of genetic information.
Detailed explanation-5: -Mitosis results in two nuclei that are identical to the original nucleus. Meiosis, on the other hand, results in four nuclei, each having half the number of chromosomes of the original cell. In animals, meiosis only occurs in the cells that give rise to the sex cells (gametes), i.e., the egg and the sperm.