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How are the cells made by meiosis different from the original parent cell that
produced them?

How are the cells made by meiosis different from the original parent cell that produced-example-1

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Mitosis creates two identical daughter cells that each contain the same number of chromosomes as their parent cell. In contrast, meiosis gives rise to four unique daughter cells, each of which has half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
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