Mitosis & Mitosis & MeiosisMeiosis

MitosisMitosis

Asexual Cellular Asexual Cellular ReproductionReproduction

MitosisMitosis

Occurs in Occurs in SomaticSomatic

Or Body CellsOr Body Cells

MitosisMitosisProduces Produces

Daughter Cells Daughter Cells Identical to the Identical to the

ParentParent

MitosisMitosis

Produces 2 Produces 2 Diploid(2 Sets of Diploid(2 Sets of Chromosomes) Chromosomes) Daughter CellsDaughter Cells

MitosisMitosis

Goes through 1 Goes through 1 Cell DivisionCell Division

MitosisMitosis

Goes through Goes through PMAT 1 timePMAT 1 time

MitosisMitosis

Occurs after Occurs after FertilizationFertilization

MitosisMitosis

Results in Cell Results in Cell DifferentiationDifferentiation

MitosisMitosisIf a Somatic Cell If a Somatic Cell has an Abnormality has an Abnormality it will Grow using it will Grow using

this processthis process

MitosisMitosisIf an organism has If an organism has 12 pairs of 12 pairs of chromosomes it will chromosomes it will produce a cell with produce a cell with 24 chromosomes24 chromosomes

MeiosisMeiosis

SexualSexual

Cellular Cellular ReproductionReproduction

MeiosisMeiosis

Used to Used to produce produce GametesGametes

MeiosisMeiosis

Used to Used to produce the egg produce the egg

and spermand sperm

MeiosisMeiosis

Goes through 2 Goes through 2 cell divisionscell divisions

MeiosisMeiosis

Completes Completes PMAT 2 timesPMAT 2 times

MeiosisMeiosis

Produces 4 Produces 4 haploid haploid

daughter cellsdaughter cells

MeiosisMeiosis Results in daughter Results in daughter cells having half the cells having half the

number of number of chromosomes as chromosomes as the parent cellthe parent cell

MeiosisMeiosis

Gives Gives organisms organisms

genetic genetic variationvariation

MeiosisMeiosis

If an organism has If an organism has 12 pairs of 12 pairs of chromosomes it will chromosomes it will produce a cell with produce a cell with 12 chromosomes12 chromosomes