How would you explain to a layman about meiosis and mitosis?

See in human there are to types of cell 1. Somatic cells 2. Sex cells Somatic cells are normal body cells which undergoes mitosis. In mitosis they divide to form 2 daughter cells they help in repairing of body tissues and growth of the body. read more

For a layman , meiosis is a special reduction al division responsible for producing cells having half the no of chromosomes as compared to the parent cell which will maintain the specific chromosomal no of a species even after the fusion of cells during fertilization. read more

There are two types of cell divisions, namely, mitosis and meiosis cell in all bisexuals. Mitosis cell division occurs only in bodily cells. Hence, it is also called somatic cells. Where as, meiosis cell division occurs only in reproductive cells to form sex gametes. Each mitotic cell (diploid) divides into two equal daughter cells (diploid). read more

Humans normally have 46 chromosomes, so a cell created by meiosis (called a gamete) has 23 chromosomes. The gamete is the "sex cell". Eggs and sperm are gametes. Put 'em together and you got a baby going. That's also why you need two: each one only has 23 chromosomes and humans have 46. Well, healthy humans do. read more