Difference between Mitosis and Meiosis:
Mitosis
- Generally, it happens in somatic cells.
- It may take place in haploid (n), diploid (2n) and polyploid cells.
- Interphase or resting stage is long.
- Generally, chromomere cannot be seen in the chromosomes of prophase
- Duration of prophase is short and is not divided into subphases
- Generally, homologous chromosomes do not make the pair
- Crossing over and chiasma does not take place so that then is no exchange of genes.
- The chromosome is divided longitudinally along null the centromere in metaphase
- In this division, nucleus divides one time to form two nuclei
- Each daughter nucleus remains similar to its mother nucleus both in chromosomal number and qualities.
Meiosis
- Generally, it happens in the reproductive mother cell.
- Meiosis cannot take place in the haploid cell (n).
- Interphase is very short.
- Chromomere is generally seen.
- Prophase-1 is long and is divided into five subphases and they are different in qualities Homologous chromosomes make pairs due to the attraction between each other during zygotene.
- Exchange of genes between non-sister chromosomes has occurred.
- Each chromosome is divided longitudinally without centromere in metaphase- I
- Nucleus divides two times to form four nuclei.
- The number of chromosomes of each daughter nucleus becomes half of it’s mother cell and the quality also changes.
