Question

Compare and contrast what happens in mitosis and meiosis and discuss the importance of each process to a living organism.

Answer 1

Mitosis is a process of cell duplication, or reproduction, during which one cell gives rise to two genetically identical daughter cells.

Meiosis, on the other hand, is a division of a germ cell involving two fissions of the nucleus and giving rise to four gametes, or sex cells, each possessing half the number of chromosomes of the original cell.

Mitosis is used by single celled organisms to reproduce; it is also used for the organic growth of tissues, fibers, and mibranes. Meiosis is useful for sexual reproduction of organisms; The male and female sex cells, e.g. the spermazoa and egg, fuse to create a new, singular biological organism.

Answer 2

Parent cell before parent chromosomes replication

Mitosis is a process of cell duplication, or reproduction, during which one cell gives rise to two genetically identical daughter cells.
mitosis
Duplicated chromosomes called two sister chromatin
Chromosomes gets positioned at the metaphase plate
Sister chromosomes separate after anaphase
then, daughter cells of mitosis are formed


Meiosis, on the other hand, is a division of a germ cell involving two fissions of the nucleus and giving rise to four gametes, or sex cells, each possessing half the number of chromosomes of the original cell.
meiosis
Synapasos of homologous chromosomes
tetrads are positioned at the metaphase plate
homologous separate during Anaphase 1: Sister chromatids remain together
Sister chromatids separate during anaphase 2.


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Answer 3

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