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.
mitosis is a kind of cell division in which 2 new cells are formed. the chromosomes remain the same and it takes place in all body cells except the reproductive cells. meiosis is a kind of cell division in which 4 new cells are formed and the number of chromosomes becomes half.It takes place only in reproductive cells.