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Greek for " cut in half, " which is what meiosis actually does to chromosome number.
Meiosisis a special type of cell division necessary for sexual reproduction in eukaryotes. The cells produced by meiosis are gametes or spores. In many organisms, including all animals and land plants (but not some other groups such as fungi), gametes are called sperm and egg cells.
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What are the two distinct stages of meiosis?
Meiosis I and meiosis II
Are Meiosis I and Meiosis II identical steps that follow each other?
If you mean meiosis I and meiosis II, then no they are not identical, but meiosis II does follow meiosis I.
What are the names of the two different types of meiosis?
The two types of meiosis are meiosis I and meiosis II. Meiosis I involves homologous chromosomes separating, while meiosis II involves sister chromatids separating.
What are the divisions of meiosis called?
Meiosis 1 and Meiosis 2
What are two distinctive divisions of meiosis?
Meiosis I & Meiosis II
How many divisions occur in meiosis?
Meiosis does in fact divide twice, once in meiosis I (cytokinesis) and meiosis II (cytokinesis) basically it divides into four daughter cells at the end of meiosis. Two from meiosis I and four in meiosis II
What are 2 distinctive divisions of meiosis?
Meiosis 1 and Meiosis 2
What happens in meiosis that does not happen in meiosis 2?
DNA is copied in meiosis 1.
What are the two distinct division of meiosis?
Meiosis I & Meiosis II
What happens in meiosis 1 that does not happen in meiosis 2?
DNA is copied in meiosis 1.
What type of reproduction produces genetic variation?
The type of cell division is meiosis
Do tetrads form in mitosis or meiosis?
Meiosis
