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Fowler, S., Roush, R. & Wise, J. (2021). Concepts of biology. Open Stax College.

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Mitosis has five phases: prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase.

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FreeMedEducation. (2018). What is Meiosis? | Animated Explanation [video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMLTvWbcxKc&t=1s

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Living Organisms And Their Genetic Traits. (n.d.). http://biosafety.org.za/information/know-the-basics/gmo-science/living-organisms-and-their-genetic-traits

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Its purpose is to create daughter cells identical to the mother cells for development or to replace old cells.
Mitosis does not happen in viruses.

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Mendel’s Law of Independent Assortment. (2020). https://med.libretexts.org/@go/page/8312

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Cytokinesis separates cytoplasm that creates two cells (Phases, n.d.). During anaphase in animal cells, this process happens by forming a cleavage that helps complete the division. Conversely, cytokinesis happens on telophase in plant cells. It creates a cell plate that eventually becomes the cell wall for each new cell.
The daughter cells are identical to the mother cells and carry the exact DNA.

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Mitosis. (2020). https://www.sciencefacts.net/mitosis.html

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During this stage, the mitotic spindle begins to form, the nucleus disappears, and the chromosomes start to condense.

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Phases of mitosis. (n.d.). https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ap-biology/cell-communication-and-cell-cycle/cell-cycle/a/phases-of-mitosis

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The nuclear envelope breaks down while chromosomes become fully condensed. The mitotic spindle continues to form by microtubules that stretch to unify both ends of the spindle. The kinetochore attaches sister chromatids to the microtubules at the centromere (Fowler et al., 2021).

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Meiosis has eight phases: prophase I, metaphase I, anaphase I, telophase I, prophase II, metaphase II, anaphase II, telophase II.

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Chromosomes are aligned at the metaphase plate while each is attached to a kinetochore microtubule. The metaphase plate (location) is in the middle between the asters (Phases, n.d). Chromosomes are still very condensed, and the sister chromatids are attached (Fowler et al., 2021).

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The sister chromatids are pulled apart towards the cell's pole by the microtubules as the cell stretches. Chromatids are now called chromosomes.

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The spindle disappears as two nuclear membranes form on opposite sides of the cell. The chromosomes move toward each pole and are not tightly condensed anymore.

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Meiosis happens to produce gametes (sex cells, sperm, or eggs) (Phases, n.d.)

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While cell division during meiosis happens through Cytokinesis, as in mitosis, it has to go through two cycles of cell division. In turn, a total of four cells are formed during meiosis. The independent assortment of the paired chromosomes (which exchanged part of their DNA through crossover) in metaphase I contribute to creating four genetically unique cells after meiosis II.

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The number of chromosomes set is reduced in half, from two to one (Fowler et al., 2021).
Prophase I: Chromosomes pair with an equivalent one to exchange a portion of their DNA (Phases, n.d.).
Metaphase I: The pairs align randomly at the metaphase plate in the middle of the mitotic spindle.
Anaphase I: The matching pairs separate and move towards each end of the cell. The sister chromatoids remain attached.
Telophase I: The chromosomes reach the opposite poles of the cell, eliciting the creation of the nuclear membrane.

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Image: What are the stages of Meiosis? (n.d.)

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The process is less complex than Meiosis I, and it is a lot more similar to mitosis:
Prophase II: Chromosomes condense, the nuclear membrane breaks, and the nucleus disappears. (Phases, n.d.). Microtubules stretch and attach to each end of the spindle.
Metaphase II: Chromosomes align on the metaphase plate in the middle of the spindle.
Anaphase II: The microtubules separate the sister chromatids and pull them towards each cell pole.
Telophase II: A nuclear membrane forms around each group of decompressed chromosomes. Cytokinesis finalized the process by separating the cells and creating four cells.

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Mendel's law of independent assortment says that chromosomes organize themselves randomly allowing several possible combinations of alleles to occur during metaphase I.

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What are the stages of Meiosis? (n.d.). https://www.sciencecounts2.com/what-are-the-stages-of-meiosis.html