Mitosis and Meiosis, the defining differences.

... Mitosis and Meiosis, the defining differences. The cell theory was first proposed by Schleiden in 1838 and Schwann in 1839. This theory was then extended upon by Rudolf Virchow in 1855 declaring that new cells only came from pre-existing cells. Shortly after, in 1887, Weismann suggested a specialist form of division occurred in the manufacture of gametes. These two forms of division are called Mitosis and Meiosis respectively. By definition, Mitosis and Meiosis are very similar, both being methods of cell division. However, the way in which the daughter cell is produced in these processes vary. The biological differences in these two processes lie between Mitosis and Meiosis I, as Meiosis II is almost identical to Mitosis. Mitosis As a consequence of Mitosis, a parent nuclei divides into two daughter nuclei, each with the same number of chromosomes as the parent nucleus. The division of the whole cell follows this. In

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