Mitosis and Meiosis

Mitosis is a process by which a cell divides to form two daughter cells.   They each have the same exact number and kind of chromosomes as the parent cell. This form of cellular reproduction involves one parent cell that divides producing two cells that are identical to each other as well as the parent cell that are known as the daughter cells. The cell goes through stages in which the chromosomes and chromatin are copied or replicated to produce the two new cells that will have the same amount of chromosomes as the parent cell. The process of mitosis is nonstop in all living organisms to replace the old cells and continue growth. When an organism would need the process of mitosis to occur would be when a disease or infection is killing the cells within. If the cells are being destroyed or damaged too quickly then they will not be able to reproduce leaving bad cells. There are cases in which the cells might be infected and due to mitosis, one infected cell turns into two and so on. Ultimately there would be so many infected cells the organism would die due to the replication of the bad cells such as the case with the disease cancer.   There are two stages of meiosis, meiosis I and II.   Meiosis I have five stages called prophase I, metaphase I, anaphase I, telophase I, and interkinesis I.
    Meiosis occurs in the primary sex cells leading to the formation of viable egg and sperm cells.   They reduce the number of chromosomes to half in each gamete so that when they are getting fertilized, the species chromosome number is kept even. This process is much like that of mitosis, but the daughter cells divide also for a total of four cells. Each of the four daughter cells have only one-half the chromosomes of the parent cell. Organisms that reproduce sexually would need to undergo the process of meiosis. If meiosis did not transpire organisms such as humans and animals would not be able to reproduce.   Meiosis II has only four stages.   They are prophase II, metaphase II,...