Miosis is constriction of the pupil of the eye. It is the normal reaction to an increase in the amount of light entering the eye, but can also be linked to pathological conditions, microwave radiation exposure and certain drugs.
Please see the related question "What is Meiosis?" for information on cell division. Also, see "What is Mitosis?".
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Miosis is a conditions of the eye where the pupils of the eye remain abnormally dilated. It can be caused from substance abuse, certain medical conditions such as s stroke or seizure. This is often confused with "meiosis" which is a form of cell division. Meiosis is the processes by which cells divide and produce two exact copies of themselves.
Mitosis and Miosis
Miosis and mitosis
Miosis is a process of cell division that produces reproductive cells with half the number of chromosomes, whereas mitosis is a process of cell division that produces two daughter cells with the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell. Miosis is involved in sexual reproduction, whereas mitosis is involved in growth, repair, and asexual reproduction.
Meiosis, not miosis, makes four haploid sex cells.
Humans use both- mitosis to grow, meiosis to form sex cells for reproduction.