Question

What occurs in meiosis?

Answer 1

Meiosis:

1. Meiosis is one type of cell division.
2. It reduces the number of chromosomes in the parent cell by half and produces 4 gamete cells.
3. This process requires the production of sperm and egg cells for sexual reproduction.
4. The chromosome number remains the same from one generation to the next.
5. The chromosome number of germ cells is reduced by half during meiosis.
6. Meiosis involves a single round of DNA replication which is followed by two rounds of cell division.