How is prophase, metaphase and anaphase of mitosis, meiosis I and meiosis II different or the same?

The two main processes of cell division, meiosis and mitosis, have in common their main steps. In both cases the metaphase (pairing of homologous chromosomes), anaphase (migration of chromosomes to the ends) and telophase (beginning of DNA decondensation and cell division) are very similar.

The greatest difference occurs in prophase I of the meiosis, which involves the process of recombination (cross over), resulting in variability in the gametes.

Another difference is that meiosis is a reductional process, where the final result of meiosis will be gamens with half of the genetic information, and in mitosis both cells will be equal.