CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION
CELL DIVISION
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identical diploid cells due to cytokinesis.
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unique haploid cells due to cross over
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unique diploid cells due to sexual reproduction
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identical haploid cells due to independent assortment
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Detailed explanation-1: -Meiosis is important because it ensures that all organisms produced via sexual reproduction contain the correct number of chromosomes. Meiosis also produces genetic variation by way of the process of recombination.
Detailed explanation-2: -However, Meiosis I begins with one diploid parent cell and ends with two haploid daughter cells, halving the number of chromosomes in each cell. Meiosis II starts with two haploid parent cells and ends with four haploid daughter cells, maintaining the number of chromosomes in each cell.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pairing of homologous chromosomes allowing independent segregation and crossing over is unique to meiosis. In mitosis, homologous chromosomes behave independently.
Detailed explanation-4: -Features of Meiosis It results in the formation of four daughter cells in each cycle of cell division. The daughter cells are identical to the mother cell in shape and size but different in chromosome number. The daughter cells are haploid. Recombination and segregation take place in meiosis.