In your opinion, what are the most important differences between meiosis and mitosis?

Question

I would guess that the most important difference is the product at the end of each of these processes. But I want to hear what other people have to say about this. Thanks people.

Answer 1

..well both of them have importance:

meiosis is significant during gamete division/reduction such that the product n is capable of being fertilized by either ovum/sperm for w/o meiosis fertilization will not occur since it has not reduced to normal from 2n and n for meiosis as the final product.

mitosis is widely important as well, for an organism's cell to grow,repair,etc.

Answer 2

Meiosis occurs exclusively with respect to gametes.  It is the process by which the DNA can wind up single-stranded for recombination upon fertilization.

Answer 3

The most important would be that meiosis occurs in gametes only and four cells are produced with half the amount of chromosomes.

Answer 4

The number of chromosomes in the daughter cells.

Answer 5

Mitosis produces two essentially identical cells from one.  Meiosis randomizes the genes and allows other processes like recombination and creates s*x cells with only one of each type of chromosomes.