AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In multicellular plants and animals, however, meiosis is restricted to the germ cells, where it is key to sexual reproduction. Whereas somatic cells undergo mitosis to proliferate, the germ cells undergo meiosis to produce haploid gametes (the sperm and the egg).

Detailed explanation-2: -Meiosis is the type of cell division that creates egg and sperm cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -A primary spermatocyte is transformed into two secondary spermatocytes during meiosis I-these cells then in turn are converted into (1N) spermatids during meiosis II.

Detailed explanation-4: -Meiosis is a process where a single cell divides twice to produce four cells containing half the original amount of genetic information. These cells are our sex cells – sperm in males, eggs in females.

Detailed explanation-5: -Primary spermatocytes and primary oocytes in males and females, as well as pollen mother cells and megaspore mother cells in angiosperms, all go through meiosis.