Chapter 19
Meiosis
![What is Meiosis?](https://jovecdn2.ccindex.cn/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/10766.jpg)
Meiosis is the process by which diploid cells divide to produce haploid daughter cells. In humans, each diploid cell contains 46 chromosomes, half…
![Meiosis I](https://jovecdn2.ccindex.cn/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/12071.jpg)
Meiosis is the division of a diploid cell into haploid cells forming sperm and eggs in animals through differentiation. Meiosis I is the first stage…
![Meiosis vs. Mitosis](https://jovecdn2.ccindex.cn/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/12073.jpg)
Cell division is necessary for growth and reproduction in organisms. Mitosis aids cell growth and development by dividing somatic cells. In contrast,…
![Crossing Over](https://jovecdn2.ccindex.cn/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/10769.jpg)
Unlike mitosis, meiosis aims for genetic diversity in its creation of haploid gametes. Dividing germ cells first begin this process in prophase I,…
![Techniques for Imaging Prometaphase and Metaphase of Meiosis I in Fixed <em>Drosophila</em> Oocytes](https://jovecdn2.ccindex.cn/files/thumbs/54666_t.png)
Chromosome segregation in human oocytes is error prone, resulting in aneuploidy, which is the leading genetic cause of miscarriage and birth defects.…
![Chromatin Spread Preparations for the Analysis of Mouse Oocyte Progression from Prophase to Metaphase II](https://jovecdn2.ccindex.cn/files/thumbs/56736_t.png)
Chromatin spread techniques have been widely used to assess the dynamic localization of various proteins during gametogenesis, particularly for…