Mitosis And Meiosis Flashcards
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Meiosis
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Special cell division that takes place in the gonads, that is, the ovaries and testes. The chromosome number is reduced from 46 to 23, so when the egg and sperm unite in fertilization the zygote will have the correct number of chromosomes
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Mitosis
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Necessary for growth and repair, DNA is duplicated and distributed evenly into two daughter cells
