how are mitosis and meiosis the same and different
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Sim: --both are a type of cell division --both have no new gene combinations when each new cell splits --each new cell has the same number of chromosomes --both are involved in DNA replication --both have inter, pro, meta, ana, and telophases Diff: --Mitosis occurs in somatic cells and meiosis occurs in reproductive cells --dividing cells in mitosis can be either diploid or haploid but in meiosis, the dividing cells can only be diploid --in mitosis, two daughter cells are formed but in meiosis, four daughter cells are formed --mitosis helps in growth and in body repairs but meiosis helps in sexual reproduction ;) and regulation of the number of chromosomes --in mitosis, cytokinesis occurs only once, but in meiosis, cytokinesis may take place once or twice (depending on the type of cell) ....
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