Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133923001
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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The ways in which mitosis and meiosis are similar and the ways in which they are different.

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The mitosis and meiosis are two ways of nuclear division and reproduction.  In mitosis, there is a splitting of the cell which creates two identical copies of the parent cell. In meiosis, the new cells formed, have half of the usual number of chromosomes and produce gametes.

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