NEETBotanyCell Cycle and Cell Division
What is the difference between mitosis and meiosis?
Options
- AMitosis occurs in diploid cells while meiosis occurs in haploid cells
- BMeiosis occurs in diploid cells while mitosis occurs in haploid cells
- CBoth mitosis and meiosis occur in diploid cells
- DBoth mitosis and meiosis occur in haploid cells
Correct answer
B. Meiosis occurs in diploid cells while mitosis occurs in haploid cells
Step-by-step solution
Meiosis occurs in the diploid cells that are destined to form gametes and reduces the chromosome number by half while making the gametes. On the other hand, mitosis occurs in cells that are not involved in the formation of gametes and conserves the chromosome number of the parent in the daughter cell. In sexual reproduction when the two gametes fuse the chromosome number is restored to the value in the parent. Meiosis is divided into two phases – meiosis I and meiosis II. In the first meiotic division the homologou