Question

What are the feactures of meiosis?




Define meiosis?

Answer 1

this are the features of meiosis

meiosis is the kind of process where a single cell divides twice to produce four cells containing half the original amount of genetic information.

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Answer 2

Answer :-

Meiosis is a special type of cell division, in which a single diploid cell divides into four haploid cells.

Some characteristics features of meiosis are as follows :-

• Meiosis causes reduction in chromosome number.

• Meiosis poses great chances of the occurrence genetic diversity.

• Meiosis involves frequent reorganization of the genetic components of a cell.

• Meiosis involves two divisions of the Nucleus and one division of the Chromosome.

• Meiosis occurs at different stages in the life cycle of an organism.

Extra Information :-

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• The term meiosis was coined by two scientists named- "Farmer" and "Moore" in the year 1905.

• The cell which undergoes meiosis, is known as "Meiocyte".

• Meiosis is also known as "Reduction division".

• In yeast, meiosis occurs in "Ascus".

• In animals, meiosis occurs in the reproductive cells of the "Gonads".