Meiosis

In this topic

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

Key terms

• Meiosis
• Gamete
• Homologous chromosomes
• Conjugation
• Bivalent (tetrad)
• Crossing over
• Haploid (n)
• Diploid (2n)
• Interkinesis
• Reduction division
• Independent assortment

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