mitosis meiosis

Mitosis evolved in complex plants and animals for growth and repair. Mitosis, the division of a cell resulting in two identical daughter cells, prolongs an organism’s life by replacing old, dead, and damaged cells. In complex animals and plants, mitosis occurs everywhere, except sex cells. Meiosis evolved in complex plants and animals to increase variation in offspring and to maintain the number of chromosomes from generation to generation. Meiosis occurs in the sex cells …showed first 75 words of 456 total…

…showed last 75 words of 456 total…up at the equator. At anaphase II, the sister chromatids separate from each other. And in telophase II, the spindle disappears, the nucleolus and nuclear membrane reappear, and the cells separate resulting in four new cells, each with 8 chromosomes. The major differences between mitosis and meiosis is that mitosis results in two daughter cells exactly like the parent, whereas meiosis is sexual reproduction, resulting in 4 daughter cells that have a combination traits from both parents.