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• Meiosis
Single chromosomes
Mitosis is used for
Cell Growth
Repair
Mitosis creates identical cells with equal
numbers of chromosomes as the original
Meiosis is used for
Production of Gametes or sex cells
Meiosis creates four different Cells with half the
number of chromosomes
Is part of the process of 2 cell divisions and
only one DNA replication
Double chromosomes
Sperm and
eggs are
produced
in a similar
fashion,
but only
one egg is
made at a
time
Nondisjunction
Nondisjunction
Karyotyping activity