"Cell division is the process by which a parent cell divides into two or more daughter cells. cellular division usually occurs as a part of a bigger cell cycle. In eukaryotes, there are two distinct sorts of cell division: a vegetative division, whereby each cell is genetically just like the parent cell (mitosis), and a germ cell division, whereby the number of chromosomes in the daughter cells is reduced by half to produce haploid gametes (meiosis). Meiosis results in four haploid daughter cells by undergoing one round of DNA replication followed by two divisions. Homologous chromosomes are separated within the first division, and sister chromatids are separated within the second division. Both of those cellular division cycles are utilized in the method of amphimixis at some point in their life cycle. Both are believed to be present in the last eukaryotic common ancestor.
