Where in the human body does mitosis take place?
I know meiosis takes place in the sex organs but is there any other parts of the body it takes place?
Thanks.
2006-12-07 09:32:17 · 4 answers · asked by VP 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Mitosis takes place in all somatic cells including zygotes (what sex cells turn into after the egg is fertilized). Meiosis only takes place in sex cells (PGC - primordial germ cells.. diploid cells which eventually turn into haploid after they go through meiosis) because meiosis is like two mitoses mixed up together so they could cut the chromosome number into half (after meiosis, the now haploid only has 23 chromosomes).
diploid = cell with 46 chromosomes
haploid = cell with 23 chromosomes
2006-12-07 12:08:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
meiosis only takes place in sex cells and mitosis takes place in very cell that grows in the body
2006-12-07 10:36:49 · answer #2 · answered by bell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mitosis takes place in somatic cell, which are body cells. Meiosis takes place ONLY in sex cells.
2006-12-07 09:44:08 · answer #3 · answered by imjenjen00 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so...
Whats your favorite? Mines mitosis.. :)
2006-12-07 09:39:56 · answer #4 · answered by Kelly 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋