- | Meiosis | Mitosis
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- Purpose | Sexual reproduction | Growth, repair,
- | Genetic diversity | asexual reproduction
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- Number of | Two rounds | One round
- divisions | |
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- Number of | Four daughter | Two daughter
- daughter | cells produced | cells produced
- cells | (haploid) | (diploid)
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- Genetic | Crossing over, | No crossing
- variation | random assortment| over, no
- | of chromosomes | recombination
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- Example | Formation of gametes | Cell division in
- | (sperm, eggs) | somatic cells
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