2006-09-06 12:55:29 · 11 answers · asked by alex 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
mitosis or meiosis.Mitosis describes the process by which the nucleus of a cell divides to create two new nuclei, each containing an identical copy of DNA. (Cytokinesis describes the division of the rest of the cell.) Almost all of the DNA duplication in your body is carried out through mitosis. Meiosis is the process by which certain sex cells are created. If you're male, your body uses meiosis to create sperm cells; if you're female, it uses meiosis to create egg cells
2006-09-06 13:00:50 · answer #1 · answered by Frylock_80 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cell division (or local doubling) is the process by which a cell, called the parent cell, divides into two cells, called daughter cells. Cell division is usually a small segment of a larger cell cycle. In meiosis however, a cell is permanently transformed and cannot divide again.
Cell division is the biological basis of life. For simple unicellular organisms such as the Amoeba, one cell division reproduces an entire organism. On a larger scale, cell division can create progeny from multicellular organisms, such as plants that grow from cuttings. But most importantly, cell division enables sexually reproducing organisms to develop from the one-celled zygote, which itself was produced by cell division from gametes. And after growth, cell division allows for continual renewal and repair of the organism.
2006-09-06 12:59:26 · answer #2 · answered by mihai s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mitosis
2006-09-06 12:56:31 · answer #3 · answered by tjjone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Binary Fision in the name of the division process in prokaryote cells (e.g. small organisms).
Mitosis is the division of larger animal cells called Eukaryotes
2006-09-06 12:57:10 · answer #4 · answered by J.T. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mitosis for normal cell division and meiosis for sex cells division
2006-09-06 17:43:55 · answer #5 · answered by mirothana06 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mitosis or meiosis, depending on if it is a regular cell, or a reproductive cell. Mitosis is reproductive, meiosis is not. I hope. I'm pretty sure though...
2006-09-06 13:00:17 · answer #6 · answered by weebat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mitosis or meosis, might want to check the spelling on those though. mitosis is for eukaryotic cells and meosis is the divistion of sex cells (i.e. eggs)
2006-09-06 13:09:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mitosis or meosis depending on the type of cell
2006-09-06 12:57:33 · answer #8 · answered by Allen G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mitosis.Try not to confuse this with meiosis,which is chromosomal division
2006-09-06 13:11:09 · answer #9 · answered by That one guy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prison overcrowding.
2006-09-06 13:00:27 · answer #10 · answered by servir tres frais 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋