1. Mitosis involves cell division for growth, healing, and asexual reproduction where one diploid cell divides into two identical diploid daughter cells. 2. The main stages of mitosis are prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase where chromosomes condense and align before separating and distributing into two new daughter cells. 3. Meiosis involves two cell divisions that result in four haploid cells from one original diploid cell. The main stages are similar to mitosis but with additional processes like independent assortment and crossing over during prophase I and a second division to separate sister chromatids.