How is mitosis different from meiosis?

Mitosis is the replication and division of a cell to produce 2 Identical daughter cells. It happens in all somatic cells all over the body. Meiosis is specific to germ cells (ovaries and testis) and the division ultimately produces 4 non-identical daughter cells with half the genes (23) of the parent cell. Mitosis is 1 round of replication followed by division. Meiosis has 1 round of replication but 2 rounds of division. The first round follows the same path as mitosis (with the addition of crossing over), so it is the second round that is unique. In the second round the cell divides without replicating, so the cell contents of the daughter cells produced is halved (23). This is to allow the 2 cells with half contents (1 from male, 1 from female) to come together in reproduction to form a cell with the full contents restored (46).