Cellular Division:
1. Using your notes and page 161 in your book, fill-in the following table to compare mitosis and meiosis.
Characteristic
MITOSIS
MEIOSIS
Is it involved in asexual or sexual
reproduction?
How many phases are there?
How does the number of
chromosomes in the daughter cells
compare to those of the parent?
Are the daughter cells genetically
identical to each other and to the
parent cell?
How many daughter cells are
produced?
Extra Credit Opportunity: Meiosis Comic Strip
Using your book (pg 164-165), draw the stages of Meiosis I and II in a comic strip form. You may use the
template on the back of this paper, or you can make your own strip. Your comic strip must include:
1. All the phases of Meiosis I and II
2. A caption explaining briefly what is going on
3. Color
4. Clear effort and time put into the extra credit opportunity