Mitosis / Meiosis

• How are gametes produced by meiosis?


  Through two cell divisions in the reproductive organs
• What happens to chromosomes before meiosis starts?


  They duplicate their genetic information
• What occurs during the first division of meiosis?


  Chromosomes pair up and are pulled apart
• What happens during the second division of meiosis?


  The arms of the chromosomes separate
• How many gametes are produced at the end of meiosis?


  Four gametes
• Why are gametes genetically different from each other?


  Because chromosomes are shuffled during meiosis
• What is stages of mitosis 


  Prophase

  Metaphase

  Anaphase

  Telophase

  Cytokinesis