AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In human males, meiosis occurs inside the testes of the male and in females, it is in the ovaries, from puberty onward.

Detailed explanation-2: -Where does meiosis occur in males and females? Meiosis in males occurs during spermatogenesis in the seminiferous tubules of the testicles after puberty. The diploid cells present in the testes experience meiosis to produce haploid sperm cells having 23 chromosomes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Purpose: Meiosis is a special version of cell division that occurs only in the testes and ovaries; the organs that produce the male and female reproductive cells; the sperm and eggs.

Detailed explanation-4: -Primary oocytes undergo gametogenesis, or meiosis division, in order to develop into an ovary or a female gamete. In females, the ovary is where the gametogenesis process takes place. Meiosis occurs in the ovary during gametogenesis in females.

Detailed explanation-5: -At puberty cells in the gonads (testis or ovaries) undergo meiosis. 23 pairs of homologous chromosomes become 23 chromosomes. The germ cell from the male (sperm) will then fuse with the germ cell of the female (ovum) during reproduction to reform a cell with 23 pairs of homologous chromosomes.