It is also known as the reduction division because it results in cells that have half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell. Meiosis I consists of four phases: prophase I, metaphase I ...

(Cytokinesis describes the division of the rest of the cell.) Almost all of the DNA duplication in your body is carried out through mitosis. Meiosis, as described above, is the process by which ...

The four gametes produced in meiosis are genetically different ... During fertilisation the haploid nucleus of a sperm cell and the haploid nucleus of an egg cell fuse together to form a diploid ...

the daughter cells enter meiosis II without passing through interphase or replicating their DNA. Meiosis II resembles a mitotic division, except that the chromosome number has been reduced by half.

Welcome to Mitosis vs. Meiosis. This half of the screen illustrates mitosis—the division of a cell's nucleus. Along with cytokinesis (the division of the rest of a cell), mitosis results in a ...

The process of meiosis happens in the male and female reproductive organs. As a cell divides to form gametes: ...