Answer:
Mitosis:
- Number of nuclear divisions: 2
- number of cells produced: 2
- number of chromosomes in cells: 2n (diploid)
- Type of cell produced: body cell
- Steps of the process: prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase.
Meiosis:
- Number of cell divisions: 4
- number of cells produced: 4
- chromosome number: n (haploid)
- Type of cell produced: sex cell
- Steps of the process: Meiosis is characterized by two cell division processes: meiosis I and meiosis II. In meiosis I, we have prophase I, metaphase I, anaphase I, telophase I. In meiosis II, we have prophase II, metaphase II, anaphase II and telophase II.
Explanation:
Mitosis is the process of cell division where a diploid cell forms two diploid cells. That is, the daughter cells are exactly the same as the mother cells and they all contain the same number of chromosomes. This type of cell division occurs so that the body can create new tissues that will be necessary for the development and growth of the organism.
Meiosis, on the other hand, is a process of reductive cell division. This is because it is characterized by a diploid mother cell that undergoes nuclear divisions and gives rise to 4 haploid daughter cells, that is, each daughter cell has half the chromosomes of the mother cell. Meiosis is responsible for the formation of sex cells, the gametes.
