Mitosis and Meiosis
Biology Mrs. Sims by Alexandra Wall
How are mitosis and meiosis similar?
- Mitosis and Meiosis are both forms of reproduction.
- They both go through Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase.
- They both start with a Diploid parent cell.
- Both end with cytokinesis.
- In metaphase individual chromosomes line up along the equator.
How are Mitosis and Meiosis Different?
Mitosis-
- Involves only one cell division.
- Results in two daughter cells.
- Daughter cells are genetically identical.
- Occurs in all cells except in viruses.
- Creates all body cells except sex cells.
- Prophase is shorter.
- In metaphase individual chromosomes line up along the equator.
Meiosis-
- Involves two successive cell divisions.
- Results in four daughter cells.
- Daughter cells are genetically different.
- Occurs only in plants, animals, and fungi.
- Creates only sex cells.
- Prophase 1 takes much longer.
- In metaphase 1 pairs of chromosomes line up along the chromosomes.
Why is Mitosis and Meiosis important to living things?
The importance of Mitosis and Meiosis
- In mitosis cells generate new cells.
- Without this ability the species would die because the organisms require cells to live.
- The meiosis process allows the organism to produce sex cells.
- Without meiosis the species would die out because they would not be able to reproduce.
- Mitosis also allows for genetic stability.
How are Mitosis and Meiosis related to asexual and sexual production?
- Mitosis is no related to sexual reproduction; however, meiosis is.
- Even though meiosis is related to sexual reproduction is only occurs in gametes.
- The resulting daughter cells have different genetic information than their parent cells.
- This method of reproductions is important in the continuation of the specie when the environmental conditions change.
- Meiosis is not related to asexual reproduction.
- Mitosis is related because the cells are exactly the same.