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Does DNA replicate in both mitosis and meiosis?


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DNA replication:

  1. The cell undergoes two divisions in meiosis i.e. meiosis I and meiosis II.
  2. Meiosis I is reduction division and meiosis II is similar to mitosis but DNA replicates only once during meiosis, i.e. before meiosis I in S phase.


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