Meiosis

In this topic

• What is meiosis?
• Meiosis I — the reduction division
• Meiosis II — the equational division
• Why it matters

Key terms

• Meiosis
• Homologous chromosomes
• Bivalent (tetrad)
• Synapsis
• Crossing over
• Chiasma
• Haploid (n)
• Diploid (2n)
• Interkinesis
• Reduction division
• Equational division
• Recombinant variation

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