Biology for IGCSE & O level - Inheritance (Section 11 - No. 22)
What is the difference between mitosis and meiosis?
Mitosis produces gametes while meiosis produces somatic cells.
Mitosis produces genetically identical cells while meiosis produces genetically different cells.
Mitosis involves two rounds of cell division while meiosis involves one.
Mitosis is essential for sexual reproduction whereas meiosis is for asexual reproduction.
Explicaţie
Mitosis creates identical cells, meiosis creates varied cells.