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Mitosis is the type of cell division where the number of chromosomes is maintained and in meiosis a diploid cell becomes a haploid cell.


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Mitosis is the type of cell division where the number of chromosomes is maintained and in meiosis, a diploid cell becomes a haploid cell. This is why mitosis is called 'equational division' and meiosis is called 'reduction division'.


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