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What is mitosis and mioses

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Mitosis is a type of cell division in which two daughter cells are formed from one parent cell and both daughter cells have equal number of chromosomes as in the parent cell. It occurs in somatic body cells.

Meiosis is a type of cell division in which four daughter cells are formed from one parent cell and each daughter cells have half the number of chromosomes as in the parent cell. It occurs in reproductive cells.


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