How does meiosis differ from mitosis?

Answer 1

Mitosis makes new cells that are used during growth, development, repair, and asexual reproduction.

Meiosis makes cells that enable an organism to reproduce sexually and happens only in reproductive structures.

They both lead to cell division, rest is different. Meiosis leads to reductional division, taking place in sex cells only while Mitosis takes place in somatic (body) Cells. Meiosis produces 4 daughter Cells and mitosis produces 2.

Answer 2

Mitosis consists of one DNA replication followed by a single division of the nucleus into two identical, diploid daughter nuclei, followed by cytokinesis, forming two identical daughter cells. Meiosis consists of one DNA replication followed by two nuclear divisions, resulting in four nonidentical nuclei and four haploid cells. Also, in prophase I crossing over of the homologous chromosomes occurs, which accounts for the fact that the four daughter cells at the end of meiosis are nonidentical.

Answer 3

Meiosis is a type of cell division that produces gametes with half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell, while mitosis produces two identical daughter cells with the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell. Meiosis involves two rounds of cell division, resulting in four haploid daughter cells, whereas mitosis involves one round of cell division resulting in two diploid daughter cells. Meiosis is involved in sexual reproduction, while mitosis is involved in growth, repair, and asexual reproduction.