Most of the time, when a cell in our bodies divides, each new cell carries a complete set of chromosomes. The cells involved with human reproduction, however, carry only half after division occurs. In ...

Meiosis, the process by which haploid products are created from diploid precursors, is central to sexual reproduction. Meiosis can be thought of as a modified mitotic division with notable ...

Meiosis is a specialized type of cell division in which two rounds of chromosome segregation follow a single round of DNA replication. In diploid organisms, meiosis generates gametes with a haploid ...