compare and contrast the processes and outcomes of mitosis and meiosis?

Answer 1

Try these links

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/studyguides/subjects/biology-edited/chap6/b0606401.asp

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/miracle/divide.html

http://www.radford.edu/~rsheehy/genetics/Meiosis/B245OMeiComp.html

http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/BioBookmeiosis.html#Comparison%20of%20Mitosis%20and%20Meios

Picture links

http://fig.cox.miami.edu/~cmallery/150/mitosis/c13x8meiosis-comparison.jpg

http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/GG/comparison.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=cooper.figgrp.2486

Hope these helped :-)

Answer 2

The outcome of mitosis are 2 identical somatic cells and the oucome of meiosis are four gamets.
Mitosis have four phases: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telephase/cytokinesis.
Meiosis have the same four phases except it undergoes the whole thing twice.