Meiosis

=**Meiosis:** = = ** It is a special cell division necessary for sexual reproduction. The cells produced are called gametes and spores. ** = = ** How does it work? ** = = Meiosis begins with one diploid cell containing two copies of each chromosomes—one from the organism's mother and one from its father—and produces four haploid cells containing one copy of each chromosome. Each of the resulting chromosomes in the gamete cells is a unique mixture of maternal and paternal DNA, ensuring that offspring are genetically distinct from either parent. =

Meiosis and Mitosis similarities & differences:
- They both have DNA before they spilt -They would split from their parent cells and makes new cells - They are different in their process

Meiosis:
=== The chromosomes in meiosis undergo a recombination which shuffles the genes producing a different genetic combination in each gamete, compared with the co-existence of each of the two separate pairs of each chromosome in each cell which results from mitosis. ===

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