BIOLOGY

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    • Meiosis: a type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell, as in the production of gametes (egg and sperm) and plant spores.
    • Stages of Meiosis:
      1. Prophase 1 - exhange of genetic material
      2. Metaphase 1 - homologue pairs line up at metaphase plate (middle of cell)
      3. Anaphase 1 - genes separate to ends of cell
      4. Telophase 1 and cytokinesis - new cells form with non-identical chromosomes
      5. Prophase 2
      6. Metaphase 2
      7. Anaphase 2
      8. Telophase 2 and cytokinesis
    • An enzyme is a protein that acts as a biological catalyst.