Both mitosis and meiosis begin with a diploid cell that contains replicated chromosomes. Explain the main differences between these two processes and what types of daughter cells produced by each.

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anonymous · Answer

The major difference between these two is the end product.

Mitosis starts with a parent cell. After division, both daughter cells will contain the same information that the parent cell had. In this situation, it's diploid -> diploid.

Meiosis starts with a parent cell. After division, both daughter cells will contain half the information that the parent cell had. In this situation, it's diploid -> haploid. Meiosis has two parts though. The second part is the same as mitosis, where you don't change the number of chromosomes. That means haploid -> haploid.