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How does mitosis differ from meiosis?
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Mitosis maintains the chromosome number, while meiosis reduces it by half, ensuring haploid gamete formation.
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AIM To study the meiosis in onion bud or grasshopper testis using permanent slides. PRINCIPLE Meiosis is reduction division that reduces chromosome number by half and produces four haploid gametes from a diploid parent cell. It consists of two successive divisions, Meiosis-I and...
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