Meiosis Information
Tatyanna Moore
What is Meiosis?
Meiosis is a specialized type of cell division which reduces the chromosome number by half. This process occurs in all sexually reproducing eukaryotes including animals, plants, and fungi.
Why is Meiosis Important?
Meiosis is important because it ensure that all organisms produced sexual reproduction contain the correct number of chromosomes.
What are the Stages Involved in Meiotic Division?
- Prophase II
- Metaphase II
- Anaphase II
- Telophase II
Prophase II
The chromosome condensed again, following a brief interphase in which DNA does not replicate.
Metaphase II
Similar to mitosis, with spindles moving chromosomes into equatorial area and attaching to the opposite sides of the centromeres in the kinetochore region.
Anaphase II
The chromatids of the chromosomes finally separate, becoming chromosomes in their own right, an are pulled to opposite poles.
Telophase II
The nuclear envelope forms around each set of chromosomes and cytokinesis occurs, producing four daughter cells each with a haploid set of chromosomes. A nuclear envelope forms around each set of chromosomes
Phases of Meiosis