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. Mitosis produces two daughter cells that are genetically identical to each other, and to the parental cell. It begins with a cell that has 2N chromosomes, but 4X DNA content because each chromosome has replicated. It ends with 2 cells, each with 2N chromosomes and 2X DNA content.