Mitosis and meiosis are two different kinds of cell cycle reproduction. They have many things in common together, such as being an asexual form of reproduction. Mitosis produces body cells, identical daughter cells that can grow an organism and replace old/dead cells. Meiosis on the other hand makes gametes; or reproductive cells. When mitosis happens, it goes through stage of the mitotic phase known as PMAT. PMAT stands for: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase; followed by cytokinesis. Meiosis on the other hand, goes through PMAT twice. After mitosis, the product is 2 identical cells, which are used to replace cells or to grow. After meiosis, 4 NON-identical cells are made, which contain HALF the set of chromosomes; hence being called a haploid cell.
Mitosis has only one round of cell division, while meiosis has two. Mitosis only occurs in body cells, while meiosis occurs in sex cells. Mitosis produces daughter cells, that are identical to the parent cell, while mitosis produces haploid/diploid cells that only have half of the normal number of chromosomes.
