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Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. (n.d.). Mitosis. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved November 20, 2022, from https://www.britannica.com/science/mitosis

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The division of a cell to create two daughter cells.

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The division of a cell to create four daughter cells.

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Meiosis. SCIENTIST CINDY. (n.d.). Retrieved November 20, 2022, from http://www.scientistcindy.com/meiosis.html

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Students and staff at the University of Minnesota. (2020, April 15). Meiosis. Classroom Partners. Retrieved November 20, 2022, from https://pressbooks.umn.edu/classroompartners/chapter/meiosis/

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What is mitosis?: Stages of mitosis: Steps of mitosis: Biology explorer. Bio Explorer. (2019, October 20). Retrieved November 20, 2022, from https://www.bioexpl

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Daily creation of cells within the body, such as stem cells

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Creation of sexual reproduction cells, such as sperm or eggs.

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Stage one of mitosis is known as prophase. According to Britannica, during prophase the chromosomes will begin to thicken and coil, as well as the nucleolus with shrink until it disappears (What is mitosis?: Stages of mitosis: Steps of mitosis: Biology explorer 2019). When prophase ends there will be groups of fibers known as spindle (Britannica, Mitosis).

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Stage two is metaphase, within the process of mitosis. During this stage chromosomes will line up in the middle or center of the cell, based on the information received from Britannica (Britannica, Mitosis).

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In Anaphase the chromatid becomes two seperate, yet identical chromosomes, that are on opposite sides of the cell by the spindle fibers (Britannica, Mitosis).

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During the telophase process, the spindle fibers begin to disappear, as well as the nuclear membranes and nucleoli develop (Britannica, Mitosis). Aditionally the cytoplasm of the mother or parent cell seperates to create individual cytoplasm for the daughter cells (Britannica, Mitosis).

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The final stage, after the division of the cell or mitosis is complete is known as interphase (Britannica, Mitosis).

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What is mitosis?: Stages of mitosis: Steps of mitosis: Biology explorer. Bio Explorer. (2019, October 20). Retrieved November 20, 2022, from https://www.bioexplorer.net/divisions_of_biology/cell_biology/mitosis/

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Since meiosis creates four daughter cells, the mother or parent cell has to go through the process of division twice.

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Prophase I is exactly like prophase within the process of mitosis except something called "cross-over" might occur, creating genetic differences. Crossing over is the exchange of genetic segments(Students and staff at the University of Minnesota, 2020).

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The process then continues through metaphase I, Anaphase I and Telophase I, to complete the initial process of division.

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After meiosis I is complete the two daughter cells will undergo Metaphase II, Anaphase II, and Telophase II. This will create a total of four daughter cells. During Meiosis two cross over will not occur (Students and staff at the University of Minnesota, 2020).

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Based on Mendel's Law states that some characteristic are recessive while others are dominant. When it comes to the process of meiosis since, there is the creation of four daughter cells, there is a possibility for recessive genes to appear. This is because unlike with mitosis the daughter cells are not identical. Every time a cell goes through meiosis there is a chance that two of the recessive genotypes will be paired together, rather than two dominants or one of each.