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How is meiosis similar to mitosis?

Both produce two daughter cells.
Both occur in somatic cells.
Both involve two divisions of a cell.
Both are forms of cell reproduction.

User Hamel Kothari
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Answer:

both are forms of cell reproduction

Step-by-step explanation:

meiosis makes 4 unidentical daughter cells

mitosis makes 2 identical daughter cells

not A

somatic only occurs in mitosis, not meiosis

not B

mitosis makes body cells, meiosis makes sperm and egg cells, both a type of cell division but mitosis does it only once, meiosis has two divisions or does it twice.

not C

meiosis is sexual reproduction

mitosis is asexual reproduction

both forms of cell reproduction therefore,

it's D :)

(can go more indepth if needed)

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