Mitosis

Meiosis

(first four phases)

Prophase:

starts with 1 diploid cell

Prophase I:

starts with 1 diploid cell

Metaphase:

chromosomes line up at the center of the cell

Metaphase I:

homologous chromosomes make pairs



chromosomes pairs line up at the center of the cell

crossing over may occur

Anaphase:



halves of the chromosomes (chromatids) are being pulled apart

Anaphase I:



homologous chromosomes are being pulled apart

Telophase:

two daughter cells have the same number of chromosomes as mother-cell:

they are diploid

DNA will replicate before the next cell division

Telophase I:

two daughter cells have half the number of chromosomes as mother-cell:

they are haploid

they will undertow another cell division, without DNA replication and become gametes