Lesson Objective

Explain how meiosis results in the transmission of chromosomes from one generation to the next, and describe the similarities and differences between mitosis and meiosis.

How does the process of meiosis reduce the chromosome number from diploid to haploid?

In what structural ways do the alignment and separation of chromosomes in meiosis I differ from mitosis?

5.1- Meiosis

Detail how a diploid cell undergoes two rounds of division to produce haploid gametes.

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Unit 5 Test