How do meiosis and fertilization differ?

meiosis is a type of division in a diploid cell(mostly zygote which is the product of fertilization) while fertilization is the fusion of male and female gamete which leads to the formation of zygote This page may be out of date. read more

Fertilization is the action of a sperm bringing a second MATCHING set of chromosomes to the ovum's set. This doubling enables the ovum to divide (mitosis) into all body cells. Meiosis is the reduction of the two sets into the original single set in new ova and sperm. It is similar to mitosis but has extra steps. read more