meiosis

• What are male and female gametes in plants?


  pollen and egg cell
• What are the male and female gametes in animals?

  sperm and egg cell
• How many times do chromosomes divide during meiosis?


  2
• How many daughter cells are produced during meiosis?


  4
• What is meiosis?


  Meiosis is a type of cell division that occurs in the reproductive organs, producing four genetically unique haploid gametes from a single diploid cell, and it is essential for sexual reproduction and genetic variation.
• Where does meiosis occur?


  meiosis occurs in the reproductive organs
• How is meiosis different from mitosis?


  Meiosis involves two divisions, produces haploid cells, and creates genetic variation, while mitosis involves one division, produces diploid cells, and creates identical cells.
• What type of cells does meiosis form?


  forms gametes
• How many chromosomes does a zygote have?


  46
• Are gametes identical to the parents?


  no gametes are gentically unidentical to the parents.
• the process/steps of meiois.


  • copies of the genetic information are made.
  • The cell then divides twice to form 4 gametes, each with a single set of chromosomes. this is half the number of the original cell
  • All 4 haploid cells are genetically different from each other and the parent.