Bio 161 meiosis - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What are the differences between mitosis and meiosis? - ️️Mitosis... - 1 division - 2 daughter cells - No different genes Meiosis... - 2 divisions - 1/2 of chromosomes - Diversity in genes Fertilization - ️️Fusion of an egg and sperm cell gametes - ️️sex cells karotype - ️️number and type of chromosome for an organism

Meiosis Type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number from 2n to n. Daughter cells receive the haploid number Diploid (2n) containing two complete sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. the total number of chromosomes. Haploid (n) cell condition where only one type of chromosome is present Gametes reproductive cells (sperm and egg in animals). usually have the haploid number of chromosomes Zygote diploid cell formed by the production of two gametes; the product of fertilizatio...