ELABORATED MAJOR AND MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEIOSIS AND MITOSIS

ELABORATED MAJOR AND MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEIOSIS AND MITOSIS Asexual Reproduction Single parent / No energy is expended trying to attract a mate a defend mate from others. Offspring have identical hereditary traits (genetic clones). / Mitosis Basis for eukaryotic asexual reproduction. Advantageous in constant environments, if all the clones are adapted to the current environment. One given about the environment; it will change in the future. What is hard to predict, how will the environment change. Sexual reproduction • Sexual reproduction creates genetic diversity in a population * This is important because the environment is constantly changing, and organisms require genetic diversity to create variability in case the environment changes • The offspring of sexually reproducing parents are expected to vary at the genetic level