AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Meiosis is a process of cell division where a eukaryotic diploid cell originates one or more haploid cells, being essential for gamete production and maintenance of ploidy after egg fertilization. Meiosis is similarly important for generating genetic diversity through chromosome recombination and segregation.

Detailed explanation-2: -The chromosomes combine and begin to separate from each other during meiosis cell division in the diplotene stage.

Detailed explanation-3: -Where does the law of segregation occur in meiosis? Mendel’s Segregation law occurs in anaphase (I and II) of meiosis. It is a phase in the first meiotic division in which the homologous chromosomes are segregated into two daughter nuclei with their various versions of each gene.

Detailed explanation-4: -Definition. Meiosis is a type of cell division in sexually reproducing organisms that reduces the number of chromosomes in gametes (the sex cells, or egg and sperm).

Detailed explanation-5: -Independent assortment is the process where the chromosomes move randomly to separate poles during meiosis. A gamete will end up with 23 chromosomes after meiosis, but independent assortment means that each gamete will have 1 of many different combinations of chromosomes.