AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -They are also referred to as sex cells. Female gametes are called ova or egg cells, and male gametes are called sperm. Gametes are haploid cells, and each cell carries only one copy of each chromosome. These reproductive cells are produced through a type of cell division called meiosis.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gametes, or reproductive cells, are produced in a special kind of cell division called meiosis. During this process the normal number of the cell’s chromosomes is reduced by half. Each gamete ends up with a copy of one chromosome from each pair.

Detailed explanation-3: -Meiosis is a type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes in the parent cell by half and produces four gamete cells.

Detailed explanation-4: -The formation of sex cells is a central part of human reproduction: In fertilization, an egg cell and a sperm cell combine. These sex cells are also called reproductive cells or gametes.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.