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Mitosis Is Not Meiosis
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Mitosis produces two identical daughters for growth, repair, and asexual reproduction; meiosis, covered from its first entry in Unit 5, produces four non-identical, chromosome-halved cells for sexual reproduction.
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A skin cell replacing a damaged neighbor divides by mitosis; only reproductive cells undergo meiosis.
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Treating mitosis and meiosis as one process is a misconception — they differ in division count and chromosome match.