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 makes two identical cells. Meiosis makes four different cells. Mitosis makes two cells with exactly the same number of chromosomes(diploid cells) Meiosis makes four cells with half the number of chromosomes (haploid cells) Mitosis only takes one step. Meiosis takes two steps. In addition to that meiosis is only used for gamete production (like eggs, or sperm).