6) Sexual reproduction and meiosis 1/2 basics

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variability 

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What takes place in sexual reproduction?

Gametes

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What is a gamete?

a haploid cell that fuses with another haploid cell during fertilization in organisms that reproduce sexually

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What happens in Meiosis 1?

Reductional division

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What is reductional division?

2 sets of chromosomes (2n, diploid) → 1 set of chromosomes (n, haploid)

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What happens in Meiosis 2?

Equational division 

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What is Equational division?

single chromatids (now individual chromosomes) in each of the 4 haploid cells