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Yes, mitosis produces somatic cells for growth and repair of the organism.

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Identical. Meiosis, on the other hand, creates genetically different cells.

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No, meiosis only takes place in sex cells.

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Cells go through mitosis while sex cells go through a process called meiosis.

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Mitosis is neither a body nor a sex cell but the process by which body cells reproduce.

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Yes, mitosis forms body/somatic cells.

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sex cells

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Mitosis is a division of what?

All the cells that divide in your body, except for sex cells, which divide through meiosis, divide by mitosis.


During meiosis sex cells divide to form?

during meiosis, sexcells divide to form?


Do the cells have to divide twice to make sex cells?

Yes. Called meiosis I and meiosis II.


Is mitosis sex or body cells?

Body cells. Meiosis deals with sex cells


Sex cells divide using a process called what?

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Cell division that produces sex cells?

The process in which sex cells divide is called meiosis This is not, however; to be confused with mitosis, which is the division of non sex cells.


What is it called with the cell divide to create new cells is called?

It is called mitosis when regular cells divide. It is called meiosis when sex cells divide.


Which of these BEST describes the primary goal of meiosis?

The main purpose of Meiosis is to divide reproductive diploid cells into haploid cells for reproduction. hope this helped! >_<


Where do cells undergo meiosis?

The body of cells that undergo meiosis are sex cells. The two sex cells found in most eukaryotic organisms are sperm cell and egg cell.


Can meiosis occur anywhere in the body?

Meiosis can only ocur in sex cells


What is the duplication of sex cells called?

Meiosis is the division of sex cells and mitosis is the division of body cells


What is meiosis and which cells can undergo meiosis?

Somatic cells (body cells) undergo mitosis. An example of this could be a skin cell, as the skin cell replacing the dying skin cell must be an exact clone.Sex cells (gametes) undergo meiosis.Because meiosis results in half the number of chromosomes in it's daughter cells, gametes are the only cells that undergo meiosis in the body.