ap bio help

[corruptedmage25]

anyone kno why meiosis is importnat for sexual reproduction??

 

[Brainonska511]

I didn't take AP Bio, and it has been 4 years since I took a bio class, but isn't it important because it splits the number of chromosomes in the cell in half, so the sex cells only have half the chromosomes of a normal cell, allowing 2 sex cells to come together and have a full set.

 

[hypn0tik]

Uhhh, isn't meiosis the process by which sex cells (sperm and eggs) reproduce?

The importance should be obvious.

Clicky

 

[SOSTrooper]

Because meiosis undergoes 2 chromosome divisions to make 4 haploids, in which can be fused with haploids from the opposite sex to make zygotes. Meiosis also allows for diversity by crossing over chromosomes to create different haploids every time.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: corruptedmage25
anyone kno why meiosis is importnat for sexual reproduction??

that's a weird name for a girl...