Mitosis is the process of cell division that leads to daughter cell having the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell. A diploid parent cell produces two diploid daughter cells. Meiosis Meiosis is the process of cell division leading to the production of gametes. A diploid parent cell ...
chromosomes, hence gametes have half the diploid number of the human somatic cells. Two cells after fertilization fuse forming a zygote now with two sets of chromosomes. Then the zygote develops to grow through mitosis. This chromosome number of 46 in humans for each somatic cell gets maintained...