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What do you mean by meiosis? Explain. |
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Answer» Meiosis is the mode of cell division in which gametes are formed. Meiosis occurs in the germinal cells of the reproductive organs. Human beings have 46 chromosomes. Germinal cells with 46 chromosomes divide continuously two times. These divisions in meiosis are known as meiosis I and meiosis II. Two daughter cells “with half the number of chromosomes (23 chromosomes) are formed in meiosis I. Each daughter cell again divides in meiosis II. There is no change in the chromosome number in this division. Hence meiosis II is similar to. mitosis. As a result of meiosis, four daughter cells, each with 23 chromosomes, are formed from a germinal cell. |
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