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Meiosis
- Results in haploid cells
- 2 divisions
- results in gametes
- Daughter cells are unique
- 2 parents
- Makes 4 cells
- 23 chromosomes in the end
Mitosis
- Results in diploid cells
- 1 division
- Healing and growing
- Results in somatic cells
- Identical daughter cells
- Makes 2 cells
- 46 chromosomes in the end
Diploid
Describes a cell/organism with 2 complete sets of chromosomes.
Haploid
Presence of a single set of chromosomes in an organism’s cell
Somatic
Cells in the body other than sperm and egg cells
Gamete
Reproductive cell (Female are called ova/egg, male is the sperm)