Question

How is meiosis and mitosis similar?

Answer 1

Similarities between meiosis and mitosis:-

1. Meiosis and mitosis are the two types of cell division.
2. The parent cell involved in both types of division is diploid.
3. Similar stages are found in both processes.
4. The stages include prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase which occur twice in the case of meiosis.
5. The chromosomes line up at the equator during metaphase in mitosis as well as in meiosis.
6. Anaphase in mitosis and ana[hase II in meiosis involve the movement of chromosomes towards the pole
7. Another similarity between the two types of division is that both end with cytokinesis.