In meiosis, prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase occur twice. The first round of division is special, but the second round is more like mitosis. ... During prophase I homologous chromosomes make contacts with each other called chiasmata and “crossing over” occurs. This is where chromosomes exchange sections of DNA.
Crossing over does not occur in mitosis. Explanation: Mitosis is cellular cloning. This means that Mitosis ends with two identical cells; no variation.
