What is the main difference between mitosis and meiosis?

Though both meiosis and mitosis involve the division of a cell, meiosis generates a cell used for sexual reproduction, while mitosis generates a cell used for growth. Mitosis produces two cells that are identical to the parent cell. read more

Both mitosis and meiosis are divisions of the cell. This means that one cell divides into two cells. The main difference between the two kinds of division is that mitosis creates two identical cells (with identical DNA). This is the kind of cell division that happens in all the cells in an organism as it grows and/or renews its cells. read more

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Though both meiosis and mitosis involve the division of a cell, meiosis generates a cell used for sexual reproduction, while mitosis generates a cell used for growth. Mitosis produces two cells that are identical to the parent cell. Meiosis produces four cells that each contain half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell. read more