Describe the differences between mitosis and meiosis- 3 marks

Mitosis and meiosis are ways in which a cell dividesmitosis begins with diploid body cells whereas meiosis begins with diploid cells in a sex organin mitosis, the cells divide to replace cells so clone a body cell; this can be done to replace any body cell and therefore any body cell can be used to start this process (other than a gamete). Meiosis makes gametes so cells must be taken from the sex organ in order to do thatmitosis produces diploid body cells whereas meiosis produces haploid gametesMitosis cells divide once and are genetically identical to the original cell so produce cells with the same number of chromosomes. Meiosis cells divide to make gametes and for these to fertilize properly later on, need to have half the number of chromosomes (haploid=half) so that when they fuse with another gamete, they have the full number (diploid) of chromosomesmitosis produces 2 daughter cells whereas meiosis produces 4In mitosis there is one division whereas in meiosis there are 2 mitosis produces daughter cells with 2 sets of chromosomes whereas meiosis produces daughter cells with 1 set of chromosomesin mitosis there is 1 division so original chromosome number is constant whereas in meiosis there are 2 divisions so the first division reduces the number to the original and then the second reduces it to half of the original chromosome numbermitosis produces daughter cells that are genetically identical whereas meiosis produces daughter cells that show genetic variation in mitosis, the duplicated chromosomes line up across the middle of the cell, so when the cell divides down the middle, the 2 daughter cells get one of the same chromosome each. In meiosis, the chromosome pairs line up in the middle of the cell in a random arrangement so when the cell divides for the 1st and second time, each cell gets slightly difference chromosomes and therefor the daughter cells are genetically differentEach bullet-point is worth 1 mark. Mark can only be given if you make the comparison between mitosis and meiosis, not just stating a fact about one and neglecting the other.