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Meiosis
Question | Answer |
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What is Meiosis | is a two-part cell division process in an organism that sexually reproduces |
What does Meiosis do | cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms. |
Meiotic division | which only occurs in eukaryotic cells |
crossing over | a process unique to meiosis—can occur |
when two chromosomes pair up | they exchange parts of their DNA |
sexual reproduction | two parents give rise to an offspring with an unique gene combination from either of them |