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Mitosis and Meiosis

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MitosisMeiosis
(i) The cell divides only once.(i) There are two cell divisions, Meiosis I and Meiosis II.
(ii) Mitosis takes places in the somatic cells and stem cells.(ii) Meiosis takes place in the germ cells.
(iii) Occurs in both sexually as well as asexually reproducing organisms.(iii) Occurs only in sexually reproducing organisms.
(iv) Chromosome number remains constant at the end of mitosis.(iv) Chromosomal number is reduced from diploid to haploid, at the end of meiosis.

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