Selaginella lepidophylla is the scientific name for the plant more commonly known as Resurrection Plant, Rose of Jericho, or Siempre Viva (Everlasting). Selaginella comes from selago, the Latin name for a type of Juniper. It means Little Juniper.. Lepidophylla is Latin for scaly-leaved.
Mitosis versus meiosis. Cells divide and reproduce in two ways, mitosis and meiosis. Mitosis results in two identical daughter cells, whereas meiosis results in four sex cells. Below we highlight the keys differences and similarities between the two types of cell division.
In mitosis, we see body cells divide to form identical body cells. For example, skin cells make more skin cells. Mitosis is mainly about growing new cells and repairing or replacing damaged cells, whereas meiosis is all about reproduction. After all, it's meiosis that gives us the sperm and the egg.