Simple Description

A type of cell division that results in sex cells or gametes with half the number of chromosomes

Further Detail

Meiosis produces four geneticaly non-identical daughter cells, after two divisions. Each new cell is haploid - which means it has half the number of chromosomes, one of each pair

Related Words:

• Mitosis
• Asexual reproduction
• Sexual reproduction
• Gamete
• Haploid

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