Question

Explain how meotic process of cell division can be interlinked with the process of gametogenesis?

Answer 1

The biological process through which haploid (n) gametes are formed as a result of cell division and differentiation of diploid (2n) cells are called Gametogenesis.

Among the two types of cell division mitotic and meiotic, only meiotic cell division can produce haploid (n) cells from a diploid (2n) cell. It is also known as reduction division as it reduces the chromosome number into half. But in mitotic cell division chromosome numbers remain unchanged.

Thus gametogenesis will never occur without meiotic cell division.