AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Meiosis is a type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes in the parent cell by half and produces four gamete cells. This process is required to produce egg and sperm cells for sexual reproduction.

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

Detailed explanation-3: -Mitosis produces two diploid (2n) somatic cells that are genetically identical to each other and the original parent cell, whereas meiosis produces four haploid (n) gametes that are genetically unique from each other and the original parent (germ) cell.

Detailed explanation-4: -Meiosis Consists of a Reduction Division and an Equational Division. Two divisions, meiosis I and meiosis II, are required to produce gametes (Figure 3). Meiosis I is a unique cell division that occurs only in germ cells; meiosis II is similar to a mitotic division.

Detailed explanation-5: -The end products of meiosis are gametes, which are cells with half the chromosome amount of normal cells. These genes are the same as ones found in the parent cells, but they have a different arrangement because they have been recombined.