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Meiosis - Biology B2
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- 1Begins with a cell in the testes or ovariesThe cell contains 46 chromosomes
- 2Each chromosomes duplicates to form an "arm" and an 'x' shaped chromosomeThis means that there are 92 chromatids (halves of an 'x' shape chromosome)
- 3The cell splits(splitting the 'x' shaped chromosomes) to form two daughter cells each containing 46 chromosomes and DNA from both the mother and fatherthe chromosomes are no longer 'x' shaped
- 4Each of the two daughter cells, containing 46 chromosomes, organise and split evenly - each into 2 daughter cellsthere are 4 daughter cells called gametes, each containing 23 chromosomes
- 5These gametes are sex cells, sperm cells in men and egg cells in womenThese gametes can combine to create a full cell (46 chromosomes), this cell will begin the process of mitosis
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