CELL DIVISION
MEIOSIS
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meiosis produces identical cells which will gives us a generation of the same species
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meiosis gives us diploid cells which will combine with out diploid cells to make the same diploid species
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meiosis reduces the number of chromosomes to half, so that when haploid cells combine, the new organism has a restored diploid number.
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meiosis produces haploid cells that ensures the next generation will also have half the information as their parental species
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Detailed explanation-1: -The other type of cell division, meiosis, ensures that humans have the same number of chromosomes in each generation. It is a two-step process that reduces the chromosome number by half-from 46 to 23-to form sperm and egg cells.
Detailed explanation-2: -Because meiosis creates cells that are destined to become gametes (or reproductive cells), this reduction in chromosome number is critical-without it, the union of two gametes during fertilization would result in offspring with twice the normal number of chromosomes!
Detailed explanation-3: -Meiosis, from the Greek word meioun, meaning “to make small, ” refers to the specialized process by which germ cells divide to produce gametes. Because the chromosome number of a species remains the same from one generation to the next, the chromosome number of germ cells must be reduced by half during meiosis.
Detailed explanation-4: -It is the specific process of meiosis, resulting in four unique haploid cells, that results in these many combinations. This independent assortment, in which the chromosome inherited from either the father or mother can sort into any gamete, produces the potential for tremendous genetic variation.