Mitosis vs. Meiosis Explained

Mitosis and meiosis they sound so similar, but they do completely different things. You probably already

know what mitosis is. It’s the process where a cell makes a copy of itself.

One cell becomes two identical cells. But meiosis is similar and completely different at the same time.

Meiosis is the process of creating sex cells in the body. Unlike mitosis, meiosis makes four

sex cells from just one original cell. One big difference is crossing over, which happens only

in meiosis. During crossing over, your 46 double stranded chromosomes exchange

pieces of DNA. This is what creates your unique genetic combination. After that,

the process continues: Your one cell with 46 double stranded chromosomes divides into two cells,