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 the process by which a somatic cell replicates its entire set of chromosomes and then divides into two identical cells. Somatic cells include all cells other than reproductive cells. Mitosis occurs most frequently in early development, when you're growing very quickly. However, your cells continue to divide by mitosis throughout your lifetime as old cells die and new ones take their place.