Chapter 2, Problem 12PDQ

Summary Introduction

To review:

The process of meiosis requires homologs to pair but the process of mitosis does not require pairing of homologs.

Introduction:

Mitosis is a type of cell divisionthattakes placein somatic cells of an organism to produce two identical daughter cells and diploid chromosomal number ‘2n’. Meiosis is another type of cell divisionthattakes place in the germ-line cells of an organism to produce four gametes. In the process of meiosis, the diploid number of chromosomes reduces to become haploid (n).