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What's the difference between mitosis and meiosis in terms of what each produces and how they differ.

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Answer: Mitosis: - Produces body somatic cells,

- occur in all organisms except for viruses,

- only has one cell division (ends with 2 daughter cells)

- replaces body cells with exact copies (daughter cells genetically identical)

Meiosis: - Produces sex/germ cells,

- occurs only in animals, plants and fungi.

- has two cell divisions (ends with 4 daughter cells),

- creates genetically different sex cells that can be used to create an entirely new organism (daughter cells genetically different)

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