CELL DIVISION
THE CELL CYCLE
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egg cell
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sperm cell
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egg cell
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body cell
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Detailed explanation-1: -Genetic variation is increased by meiosis During fertilisation, 1 gamete from each parent combines to form a zygote. Because of recombination and independent assortment in meiosis, each gamete contains a different set of DNA. This produces a unique combination of genes in the resulting zygote.
Detailed explanation-2: -So, although meiosis produces four cells in total, only one of these is an egg cell. Therefore, at the end of oogenesis, from each primary oocyte that enters meiosis, the number of egg cells produced is one egg.
Detailed explanation-3: -Meiosis is the type of cell division that creates egg and sperm cells.
Detailed explanation-4: -In human females, the process that produces mature eggs is called oogenesis. Just one egg is produced from the four haploid cells that result from meiosis. The single egg is a very large cell, as you ca n see from the human egg in Figure below.