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 cell division that produces two daughter cells. Each daughter cell formed by mitosis has the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell. Each daughter cell formed by mitosis has the same kinds of chromosomes as the parent cell. The parent cell and the daughter cells are genetically identical.