What is the difference between Mitosis and Meiosis? Both the daughter cells show genetic Similarly with the parent cell. The chromosome number remains constant. All the daughter cells are genetically different from parent cell. The chromosome number reduce t half.
The difference between Mitosis and Meiosis are Mitosis occurs in meristematic cells whereas meiosis occurs in reproductive cells. In the former cell divides only once and produces two daughter cells having same chromosome number as in parent cell whereas in the later cell divides twice and produces four daughter cells, each containing half of the chromosome of parent cell.
The significant differences between Mitosis and Meiosis are : It occurs in the vegetative or somatic cells whereas the latter occurs in the reproductive cells. After this division two daughter cells are produced in Mitosis but four daughter cells are produced after melotic division in meiosis.
It is an equational division through which identical daughter cells are produced having the same amount and type of genetic constitution as that of the parent cell.