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: -Thus, germ cells of both sexes undergo mitotic divisions in the embryonic gonad, but the female germ cells enter meiosis during foetal development, whereas this is a postnatal event in the male. Once the male germ cell has entered meiosis, the process continues without interruption until the haploid sperm is produced.

Detailed explanation-3: -Germ cells undergo cell division via meiosis, while somatic cells divide by mitosis. Errors in the genetic content of the germ cells have the potential to be transmitted into the next generation as a result of sexual reproduction; on the other hand, errors in somatic cells are not passed to the next generation.