How do meiosis and mitosis differ?
1. Meiosis results in the formation of 4 haploid daughter nuclei and/or cells, while mitosis results in the formation of 2 identical daughter nuclei and/or cells. 2. Meiosis has 2 nuclear and/or cell divisions; mitosis has 1 nuclear and/or cell division. 3. Only germ cell lines of multicellular eukaryotes found in gonads undergo meiosis; all somatic (body) cells undergo mitosis at some point. 4. Meiosis results in daughter cells that are genetically different from each other and the parent cell; mitosis results in daughter cells genetic clones of the parent cell. 5. A cell can undergo meiosis only once; most somatic cells can undergo mitosis many times. 6. Meiosis is necessary for sexual reproduction; asexual reproduction results from mitosis. 7. Sexual reproduction involves genetic contributions from two parents. Asexual reproduction involves only one parent. III. Mechanisms of Meiosis: meiosis has two nuclear and/or cell divisions, meiosis I and meiosis II. Meiosis is a longer more c
