* Skin cells are somatic cells. This means they are body cells, not sex cells (gametes).
* Somatic cells divide by mitosis. Mitosis is a form of cell division that produces two identical daughter cells.
* Meiosis is for sexual reproduction. Meiosis is a specialized type of cell division that produces gametes (sperm and egg cells) with half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
So, while you would observe the phases of mitosis (prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase) in a skin cell, you would never see prophase I, metaphase I, etc. of meiosis.
