meosis

• meiosis makes gametes (sex cells, such as sperm and an egg cells).
• how many chromosomes are in each cell of your body?

  46
• however, 2 cells dont have 46 chromosomes, what are they?

  gametes (sperm cells and egg cells)
• how many chromosomes do gametes have then?

  23
• Gametes are haploid
• meiosis is where one diploid cell divides to make 4 non identical haploid cells.
• when they divide, there will be 1 set of chromosomes in the cell