1. Mitosis is how normal cells divide.
Mitosis & Meiosis
Mitosis is how normal cells divide.
Your skin cells start with 46 chromosomes then after division (mitosis) both new cells have 46 chromosomes. These are called diploid cells.

2. Mitosis
Start with and end with same # of chromosomes

3. Meiosis only occurs in sex cells (egg, sperm)
Meiosis only occurs in sex cells (egg, sperm). After cell division the new cells have ½ the chromosomes…in a human that’s 23. These are called Haploid cells.

4. Meiosis Ends with ½ the # of chromosomes you started with
So in grasshoppers you start with 24 chromosomes and end with 12, and in humans you start with 46 and end with ?