Mitosis and meiosis are cell division processes. Mitosis produces two daughter cells that are identical to the parent cell and is used for body cell reproduction and repair. Meiosis produces four daughter cells with half the number of chromosomes and occurs only in sex cells, allowing for genetic variation in offspring. Meiosis has two divisions: Meiosis I separates homologous chromosomes and Meiosis II separates sister chromatids.

1. Mitosis and Meiosis5.03 Feedback

2. 1. How many chromosomes are in each cell during the stages of meiosis?

3. 2. Describe what happens in Meiosis 1

4. 3. Describe what happens in Meiosis 2

5. 4. Compare and contrast mitosis and meiosisYou can classify each sentence as being a way mitosis and meiosis are alike or different. Then, you can complete your own paragraph using the information.1. Occurs in Sex Cells only2. Occurs in Body Cells only3. Purpose is to make an organism larger or repair cells4. Makes cells with the same number of chromosomes5. Makes cells with half the number of chromosomes6. Process used for reproduction: asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction7. Process that creates new cells