AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In biological terms, the term meiosis explains the process through which one diploid eukaryotic cell divides to give rise to four haploid daughter cells. These four haploid daughter cells are often known as gametes. The male gamete is known as sperm and the female gamete is known as egg.

Detailed explanation-2: -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). In humans, body (or somatic) cells are diploid, containing two sets of chromosomes (one from each parent).

Detailed explanation-3: -The process results in four daughter cells that are haploid, which means they contain half the number of chromosomes of the diploid parent cell. Meiosis has both similarities to and differences from mitosis, which is a cell division process in which a parent cell produces two identical daughter cells.

Detailed explanation-4: -Meiosis is a process where a single cell divides twice to produce four cells containing half the original amount of genetic information. These cells are our sex cells – sperm in males, eggs in females.

Detailed explanation-5: -Meiosis (My-oh’-sis) is the process by which a single diploid cell splits into four haploid cells called gametes in preparation for sexual reproduction of an organism. Recall that a diploid cell contains two nearly-identical copies of each chromosome, one from each parent, called a homologous pair of chromosomes.