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Question
Differentiate between
Mitosis and Meiosis.
Solution
| Mitosis | Meiosis | |
| (i) | It occurs in somatic cells. | It occurs in generative cells. |
| (ii) | It involves a single division resulting into two daughter cells. | It involves two successive divisions resulting in the formation of four daughter nuclei. |
| (iii) | Prophase is short and simple. | Prophase is of longer duration and complex. |
| (iv) | Number of chromosomes in daughter cells is equal to that of parent cell. | Number of chromosomes in daughter cells is half to that of the mother cells. |
| (v) | Equational division. | Reductional division. |
| (vi) | Mitosis brings about growth, repair and healing. | Meiosis forms gametes and spores and maintains the chromosome number constant from generation to generation. |
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