Question

Why doesn't meiosis have a G2 phase?

Answer 1

Among the many preparatory functions of G2, Chromosome pairing takes precedent. The outcome of this relatively mysterious stage of cell division is the duplication of the cell in question. btw: Mitosis can actually occur in both diploid and haploid cells and G2 is not always necessary in mitosis (and is even entirely missing in many forms of malignancies). The object of Meiosis is to halve the resulting output. Therefore, G2, as such, is simply unnecessary toward that end.