both mitosis and meiosis are types of nuclear division, but they result in different cell types. describe how the steps of meiosis 1 differ from those of mitosis mitosis: chromosomes are duplicated and the copies are separated, one for each cell gets half of each other, each new cell gets half of each homologous pair. read more
Mitosis is the cell division that happens in all cells in the human body except sperm and egg cells. They produce diploid cells. Meiosis on the other hand is responsible for the cell division of the gametes, spermatogenesis (sperm cells) and oogenesis (egg cells), such haploid cells. read more