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Oct 18, 2017

Meiosis produces haploid (1n) sex cells, while mitosis produces diploid (2n) somatic or body cells.

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Meiosis begins with one germ cell dividing into two cells, much like in mitosis. However, the cells divide again immediately in meiosis; they do not grow and the chromosomes do not divide. This means that the products of meiosis are small haploid (1n) cells and the products of mitosis are large diploid (2n) cells.

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