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• Mitosis:
– Growth, development & repair
– Asexual reproduction (yields identical cells)
– Occurs in somatic (body) cells
• Meiosis:
– Sexual reproduction (yields different cells)
– Occurs in specific reproductive cells
Process of mitosis
Aim: Two identical daughter cells exact copy of mother cell
formed
1. Prophase
2. Prometaphase
3. Metaphase
4. Anaphase
5. Telophase
1. Prophase
- Nucleolus disappears
2. Prometaphase