In animals, ______ occurs during the production of the egg and the sperm.

Mitosis

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Meiosis

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Fragmentation

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Regeneration

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The correct option is B Meiosis
Meiosis is the process that forms gametes, or sex cells. Sex cells fuse during fertilisation to produce offspring. Meiosis occurs in the ovaries/testes. In humans, gametes are eggs and sperm.

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Q. What would have happened if meiosis not occur during the production of human sperm cell and egg cell?

Q. In animals, ______ occurs during the production of the egg and the sperm.

Fill in the blanks
(a) Mitosis occurs in our ..... cells.
(b) Mitosis produces two daughter cells whereas meiosis produces ...... daughter cells.
(c) Meiosis occurs only in ..... cells.
(d) Modern humans have 46 chromosomes. Their sperms and eggs will have......chromosomes each.
(e) During the pairing of chromosomes in meiosis, the ...... chromosomes come to lie side by side.
(f) The.......(s) are surrounded by radiating rays and termed as aster.

Q. Pick up the correct statement

(A) Mitosis occurs in somatic cells and meiosis in germ cells.
(B)

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replicates once in mitosis and twice in meiosis.
(C) Mitosis and Meiosis occur in sexually and asexually reproducing organisms.

Q. Fill in the blanks
1. Mitosis is a type of cell Division takes place in_____ cell
2. Meiosis is a type of cell Division takes place in_______ cell
3. In mitosis the chromosome number_____
4. In meiosis the chromosome number_____
5. Mitosis occurs at the time of_________reproduction
6. Meiosis occurs at the time of _________ reproduction

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In animals, ______ occurs during the production of the egg and the sperm.

The correct option is B Meiosis Meiosis is the process that forms gametes, or sex cells. Sex cells fuse during fertilisation to produce offspring. Meiosis occurs in the ovaries/testes. In humans, gametes are eggs and sperm.

The correct option is B Meiosis
Meiosis is the process that forms gametes, or sex cells. Sex cells fuse during fertilisation to produce offspring. Meiosis occurs in the ovaries/testes. In humans, gametes are eggs and sperm.