Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337408332
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 14, Problem 8SQ
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Introduction: During sexual reproduction, meiosis is a process of cell division where chromosome number is reduced to half. Its purpose is the formation of gametes. The homologous chromosomes randomly align with their homologs at metaphase I. The chromosomes are randomly paired and segregated to opposite poles.
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