What is mitosis and meiosis? Whats the differences and also what happens throughout each?

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anonymous · Answer

Mitosis a type of cell division resulting in cells with the same number of chromosomes with the parent cell and meiosis is a cell division that produces gametes and results in cells with half number of chromosomes found in a parent cell.

anonymous · Answer

Ahhhhhh, also what are the different stages? Like what happens at each?

anonymous · Answer

Well mitosis and meiosis has the same stages but different things occur

Mitosis- occurs in somatic cells and all other cells other than sex cells
Meiosis- occurs in gametes and sex cells

Mitosis- Prophase
              Prometaphase(some textbooks might not include this stage but it is part of it)
              Metaphase
               Anaphase
                Telophase
Produces 2 haploid daughter cells 

Meiosis- Prophase 1
               Prometaphase 1
               Metaphase1
               Anaphase1
                Telophase1
             Prophase 2
               Prometaphase 2
               Metaphase2
               Anaphase2
                Telophase2
Produces 4 haploud daughter cells