Download Comparing Meiosis (“Special” Cell Division) to Mitosis (“Regular

Comparing Meiosis (Cell Division to form Sex Cells) to Mitosis (“Regular” Cell Division)
Directions: Complete the chart below using your textbook and Notes from Ch. 12.
MITOSIS
YES
MEIOSIS
Only before Meiosis I and NOT
Meiosis II
Summarize the overall purpose or
“goal” of each process.
Produce 2 identical cells
Produce 4, haploid, different
cells
List/name each stage for each
process starting with Interphase.
Interphase
Prophase
Prometaphase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
Interphase
Prophase I
Metaphase I
Anaphase I
Telophase I
Prophase II
Metaphase II
Anaphase II
Telophase II
In an animal, where would we find
cells that undergo each process?
(see Notes from Ch 12 and Fig. 13.5
in 7th edition)
Somatic cells (ex: lining of
stomach, small intestine; skin
cells
Gonads (ovaries/ testes)
In a plant, where would we find
cells that undergo each process?
(Hint: What part of the plant
grows? What are the “sex organs”
for plants?)
Stem, roots
Within the flower
Does each process change the
number of chromosomes per cell?
NO!!!
YES!!!
2
4
IDENTICAL
ALL DIFFERENT
When, in a human’s life, do the
cells start to have each process?
From the moment of conception
After puberty
Do sister chromatids go through
crossing over in each process?
NO
YES
Does the cell have interphase—
(does it copy all its DNA)—before
each process occurs?
How many daughter cells does
each process make?
How similar are the daughter cells
each process makes?