Mitosis occurs all the time in all body cells. This occurs to produce new cells and replace old and dead cells. We produce new blood cells, bone cells, skin cells...the list can go on and on. Mitosis in a nutshell is the process of splitting the nucleus and it occurs hand in hand with the rest of the cell cycle and cytokenesis. Meiosis, on the other hand, is a process of taking a diploid cell (a cell with the full number of chromosomes) and producing haploid gametes
Mitosis occurs all the time in all body cells. This occurs to produce new cells and replace old and dead cells. We produce new blood cells, bone cells, skin cells...the list can go on and on. Mitosis in a nutshell is the process of splitting the nucleus and it occurs hand in hand with the rest of the cell cycle and cytokenesis. Meiosis, on the other hand, is a process of taking a diploid cell (a cell with the full number of chromosomes) and producing haploid gametes