Question

Define Meiosis.

Answer 1

Meiosis is a process where a single cell divides twice to produce four cells containing half the original amount of genetic information. These cells are our sex cells – sperm in males, eggs in females.
During meiosis one cell? divides twice to form four daughter cells.
These four daughter cells only have half the number of chromosomes? of the parent cell – they are haploid.
Meiosis produces our sex cells or gametes? (eggs in females and sperm in males).
Meiosis can be divided into nine stages. These are divided between the first time the cell divides (meiosis I) and the second time it divides (meiosis II):