This solution is called meiosis. Mitosis describes the process by which the nucleus of a cell divides to create two new nuclei, each containing an identical copy of DNA. (Cytokinesis describes the ...

Like mitosis, meiosis is a form of eukaryotic cell division. However, these two processes distribute genetic material among the resulting daughter cells in very different ways. Mitosis creates two ...

Understanding the steps of meiosis is essential to learning how errors occur. Researchers' initial understanding of meiosis was based upon careful observations of chromosome behavior using light ...

The four gametes produced in meiosis are genetically different. Independent assortment and the random nature of fertilisation lead to variation in living organisms – no two organisms are the ...

In females, meiosis is initiated during fetal development. Digital micrographs of fetal ovary at embryonic day 14.5 hybridized to the antisense Spo11 probe are shown here in panels a and b. — Dark ...

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 ...