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to produce gametes. egg or sperm cells

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During meiosis sex cells divide to form?

during meiosis, sexcells divide to form?


Do the cells have to divide twice to make sex cells?

Yes. Called meiosis I and meiosis II.


What is a haiku for meiosis?

Animals and plants, divide cells to reproduce, this is meiosis.


Sex cells divide using a process called what?

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Do reproductive cells divide by the process of meiosis?

They go through a process called meiosis, which is similar to mitosis. Mitosis is the splitting of regular cells. Meiosis is the splitting of reproductive cells.


What is it called with the cell divide to create new cells is called?

It is called mitosis when regular cells divide. It is called meiosis when sex cells divide.


How many cells are made during Meiosis?

In the process of meiosis the cells divide twice. When it is all done the resulting amount is 4 new cells!


When a cell undergoes meiosis one cell becomes four what also occur from meiosis?

B. Cells must divide twice before meiosis is complete C. Cells produced after meiosis I are diploid. D. Cells produced after meiosis II are haploid.


Mitosis is a division of what?

All the cells that divide in your body, except for sex cells, which divide through meiosis, divide by mitosis.


Does human cell divide through binary fission?

No, human cells divide by mitosis and meiosis.


Cell division that produces sex cells?

The process in which sex cells divide is called meiosis This is not, however; to be confused with mitosis, which is the division of non sex cells.


What type of organisms use meiosis to divide?

plant and animal cells