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Meiosis is a special type of cell division necessary for sexual reproduction in eukaryotes. It is to make sperm and egg cells in animals and most of the plant cells, generally known as Gametocytes/spores(in plants)

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What is the importance of mitosis and meiosis in your body?

reproduce cells.


What is the importance of meiosis in sexually reproductive organism?

Meiosis is still important for the regrowth of cells in a sexually reproductive organism. For example even thought humans reproduce sexually they still have skin cells, like hair, finger nails, and even normal skin that produces new cells by meiosis.


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 two distinctive divisions of meiosis?

Meiosis I & Meiosis II


What are the divisions of meiosis called?

Meiosis 1 and Meiosis 2


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


How do you Compare and contrast what happens in mitosis and meiosis and discuss the importance of each process to a living organism?

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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