Mitosis and meiosis: differences and gamete formation

Mitosis

-It occurs in somatic cells

-It can occur in haploid or diploid cells since the homologous chromosomes are not paired

-They have a single division

-It is of short duration

-It results in two daughter cells with the same genetic information

Meiosis

-Only gamete stem cells are produced

-Diploid cells are produced, since it requires that the homologous chromosomes are paired

-It has two cell divisions

-The duration is long

-It results in 4 genetically distinct daughter cells with half the genetic information of the stem cell

Gamete

Male or female reproductive cell of a living being.

Female

Male

Oocytes

Oogenesis

Ovaries

Sperm

Spermatogenesis

Testicles

Fertilization

Zygote