Chapter 11, Problem 13TYK

Summary Introduction

To review:

The significance of mutation in meiotic and somatic cells of the survival of the individual and also to the species to which that individual belongs.

Introduction:

There are two types of cell division process: mitosis and meiosis. Mitosis is the process of cell division in which ploidy of daughter cells or chromosome number remains same to the parent cells. Meiosis is the process of division of cells that reduces the chromosome number by half and results in half the ploidy of chromosomes (as compared to parent cell) in daughter cells.