Mitosis and meiosis: phases and differences

Meiosis

1.Meiosis is the process in eukaryotic, sexually-reproducing animals that reduces the number of chromosomes in a cell before reproduction. Many organisms package these cells into gametes, such as egg and sperm.

2.Before meiosis, the DNA is replicated, as in mitosis. Meiosis then consists of two cell divisions, known as meiosis I and meiosis II. In the first division, which consists of different phases, the duplicated DNA is separated into daughter cells. In the next division, which immediately follows the first, the two alleles of each gene are separated into individual cells.

3.phases of meiosis 1:Anaphase I,Telophase I,

Phases of meiosis 2:Prophase II,Metaphase II,Anaphase II,Telophase II

4.mitosis produces two identical cells

Mitosis

1.is a process of asexual reproduction observed in unicellular organisms.

2.Though technically not part of mitosis, Intrphase begins and ends mitosis. Interphase is the part of the cell cycle in which the cell grows and duplicates the DNA. After an identical set of DNA is synthesized, the cell enters Mitosis.

3.Phases of mitosis:

Prophase,Prometaphase,Metaphase,Anaphase,Telophase

4.Meiosis produces non identical cells