Dapsone , a sulfone, belongs to the family of medicines called anti-infectives. Dapsone is used to treat leprosy (Hansen's disease) and to help control dermatitis herpetiformis, a skin problem. When it is used to treat leprosy, dapsone may be given with one or more other medicines. Dapsone may also be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor.
Meiosis is necessary for sexual reproduction, which allows for greater genetic variation in a species. Single-celled organisms that reproduce by mitosis produce two identical daughter cells. Genetic variation only occurs by spontaneous mutations in the organism. By contrast, organisms that reproduce using sexual reproduction combine two sets of genetic material, one from the male and one from the female, to form offspring that are genetically distinct from their parents.
On a larger scale, mitotic cell division can create progeny from multicellular organisms, such as plants that grow from cuttings. Mitotic cell division also enables sexually reproducing organisms to develop from the one-celled zygote, which itself was produced by meiotic cell division from gametes.