what we did in class this week 1 /23/10

This week in class we have been learning about meiosis and how it is similar to mitosis. Both processes involve cellular reproduction but in mitosis the end result is two identical cells. In meiosis the end result is 4 cells that have half of the number of chromosomes that the parent cell had. In mitosis forms somatic cells which can help to make the body grow and heal. Meiosis forms reproductive cells like sperm and egg cells. Even with these differences the process is basically still the same.

In mitosis the phase are prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, and cytokenisis. In meiosis the phases are prophase I, metaphase I, anaphase I, telophase I, prophase II, metaphase II, anaphase II, telophase II and lastly gamete. The steps are all the same except that in meiosis the steps happen twice so they form 4 cells instead of only 2 like in mitosis.