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What does the process of meiosis accomplish and how does it differ from mitosis?

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What does the process of meiosis accomplish and how does it differ from mitosis?

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Meiosis is employed to create gametes (sex cells), and occurs only for the creation of sex cells, not body cells. Mitosis is used for the creation of all other cells in the body. Mitosis is the process in which a cell duplicates its chromosomes to generate two, identical cells. It is generally followed by cytokinesis which divides the cytoplasm and cell membrane. This results in two identical cells with an equal distribution of organelles and other cellular components. A primary difference between meiosis and mitosis is that meiosis will have the haploid number of chromosomes (n) and mitosis will have the diploid number of chromosomes (2n).