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Meiosis
Meiosis
Meiosis
Type of cell division
This is a karyotype
(an image of an organism’s
chromosomes)
This is a karyotype of a
normal human male
Homologous Chromosomes
Paternal Maternal
(from Dad) (from Mom)
Prophase I
Prophase II / Metaphase
II
Anaphase II
Telophase II
Same as telophase in mitosis.
Nuclei form.
Cytokinesis occurs (2nd time).
Four haploid daughter cells produced
(chromosomes now back to single condition).
gametes ~ sperm or egg; ovule or pollen
grain
Gamete Formation in Animals
Diff. bet. male and female gametes.
Male: spermatogenesis
all 4 develop into sperm cells.
Female: oogenesis
cytokinesis in meiosis is uneven.
most of cytoplasm goes into 1 of the 4 meiotic products
(forms large egg cell)
3 other cells are small “polar bodies”, break down (extra
chromosomes lost).
Spermatogenesis
n=23
human
germ cell in n=23 sperm
testes Still doubled
chromosomes n=23
2n = 46
haploid (n)
n=23
n=23
Still doubled
diploid (2n) chromosomes
n=23
meiosis I
meiosis II
Oogenesis 23
human germ cell
in ovary Polar
n=23
Still doubled 23 Bodies
2n = 46 23
n=23
Still doubled