Cells under go mitosis to replace lost cells or increase the mass of an area of tissue. (growth) Mitosis is simply the division of cells, which has a number of steps including anaphase, telophase and metaphase.
Cells carry out mitosis if the tissue they are in needs replacements or needs to grow larger.
Mitosis helps in the overall growth and maintenance of plant and animal bodies.
Cells preform mitosis for growth, replacement, and asexual reproduction.
mitosis occurs for the following reasons:
1. growth
2. repair
3. asexual reproduction
To produce cells for growth, development, repair and replacement.
to regenerate to grow and develop
2 diploid cells
Mitosis occurs in somatic cells. The main purpose of mitosis is to create two identical cells from one single cell.
Mitosis is the process that produces new 2N cells from 2N cells Meiosis is the process that produces 1N reproductive cells.
After mitosis you have two cells and after meiosis you have 4 cells.
Mitosis occurs in body cells.
A cell carries out mitosis when the tissue it is in needs to replace old cells or it needs to grow by adding new cells.
gametic (sperm or egg) cells do not carry out mitosis, instead they carry out meiosis. Mitosis gives a diploid number of chromosomes to each cell, meiosis gives a haploid number.
Interphase
Only somatic/autosomal cells. Sex cells or cells of the germ line undergo meiosis.
2 diploid cells
Mitosis
All cells undergo mitosis othe than gametic cells (these are reproductive cells, ie sperm cells and ovums). Mitosis is the cells way of dividing to produce two identical daughter cells, which is necessary for all 'normal' cells of the body. The reproductive cells need to carry non identical information though otherwise you would end up with children who were all exactly alike
Somatic cells or body cells perform mitosis.
Mitosis occurs in somatic cells. The main purpose of mitosis is to create two identical cells from one single cell.
2 cells are formed after mitosis.
Mitosis is the process that produces new 2N cells from 2N cells Meiosis is the process that produces 1N reproductive cells.
After mitosis you have two cells and after meiosis you have 4 cells.