<span>Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, a dutch merchant and scientist, and was also called the "Father of Microbiology". His developing the microscope actually resulted as his work as a merchant, as he merely wanted to describe the threads of cloth in detail, which in turn lead to him devoting time to creating lenses, to see smaller and smaller objects. Being as how he wasn't exactly a scientist, he referred to microorganisms he viewed as animalcules (animal molecules). </span>
Answer: Mitosis results in two diploid cells that have the same genetic makeup. Meiosis results in four haploid cells that are all genetically different from each other.
