Why do we need Meiosis?
-gametes fuse together during sexual reproduction, and so need to be haploid cells rather than diploid cells.
-otherwise every time diploid cells fused, the number of chromosomes in each generation would double.
-otherwise every time diploid cells fused, the number of chromosomes in each generation would double.
The Process of Meiosis
1) During the first division the homologous chromosomes pair up and their chromatids wrap around each other. Crossing over (recombination) may occur.
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