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Mitosis is used for several purposes
1. Growth. the embryo increases in size due to mitosis. Enlargement of the embryo, young child and growth during puberty is due in part to increasing the number of cells.
2. Repair. If you cut yourself, or an incision is made during surgery, the hole is closed by cells dividing to close the space created by the wound.
3. Replacement. Some cells wear out rapidly (blood - 90-120 days; skin - 2 weeks; intestine 2.5 days) these old and worn out cells need to be replaced on a constant basis
4. Reproduction - protists that undergo mitosis have produced two identical cells and thus have reproduced
5. Cancer - unfortunately cancer is mitosis of cells that we don't want to be undergoing mitosis.
Meiosis
is used to produce the sperm and the egg each of which have half the number of chromosomes as the starting cell. This is so that when a sperm fertilizes an egg the total number of chromosomes is equal to that in any other cell
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoTo divide and reproduce! If cells don't undergo meiosis..then cells can't divide and they won't be able to reproduce!
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∙ 12y agoMitosis is used for growth. Meiosis is used for the production of gametes. Gametes are used for reproduction. (sperm and egg cells are gametes)
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∙ 12y agoBecause mitosis is for non-sex cells only whereas meiosis is for sex cells, think of it as 'mito' (mytoe) not being a sex cell so mitosis is for non-sex cells
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∙ 8y agoYou won't grow if mitosis didn't happen a
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Do clown fish use mitosis or meiosis?
both. mitosis is for skin and meiosis is for reproduction
How are mitosis and meiosis simlair?
Meiosis and Mitosis are both the division of something. Meiosis is the division of chromosomes and Mitosis is the division of cells. They both occur in the cell cycle. Meiosis creates 4 daughter cells and Mitosis creates two complete cells.
When does replication happen during mitosis or meiosis?
replications occurs in both meiosis and mitosis during the S portion of interphase.
What are 2 parts of meiosis that are similar to mitosis?
The part of meiosis that is similar to mitosis is inter-phase.
What are The faces of mitosis and meiosis?
there are no faces in mitosis and meiosis but there are phases
Do clown fish use mitosis or meiosis?
both. mitosis is for skin and meiosis is for reproduction
How are mitosis and meiosis simlair?
Meiosis and Mitosis are both the division of something. Meiosis is the division of chromosomes and Mitosis is the division of cells. They both occur in the cell cycle. Meiosis creates 4 daughter cells and Mitosis creates two complete cells.
Explaining why the process of mitosis and meiosis are both?
mitosis is the duplicate of chromosomes and meiosis is the reducing of chromosomes.
Occurs in both plants and animals mitosis or meiosis?
Mitosis. Meiosis is only concerned in sex cells.
What are 3 things Meiosis and Mitosis have in common?
Meiosis and Mitosis both use centrioles, they both have the same process(except for a few other steps in Meiosis) and they both split cells.
Is samotic cell both mitosis and meiosis?
Somatic cells undergo mitosis. Sex cells undergo meiosis.
How is mitosis similar to mitosis?
Both meiosis and mitosis are forms of cell reproduction.They both have a prophase and an anaphase.Both are forms of cell reproduction/Both are forms of nuclear division. Meiosis occurs in generative cells and mitosis in somatic cells.
When does replication happen during mitosis or meiosis?
replications occurs in both meiosis and mitosis during the S portion of interphase.
What are the similarities and not the differences between mitosis and meiosis?
similarities: They both go through interphase
How are meiosis and mitosis similar?
they both have a prophase and an anaphase.
What is meosis and mitosis?
meiosis is where sex cells are made -there are 8 steps in meiosis mitosis is where the nucleus divides -there are 4 steps in mitosis they both make chromosomes
Compare interphase in mitosis dividing cells to meiosis dividing cells?
The interphase is the same for mitosis and meiosis. Just mitosis only has one telophase step (where the cells separate), while meiosis has two telophase steps. In both Mitosis and Meiosis, the cell only replicates it's DNA once.
