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What is Function of Meiosis? It’s Stages and Example of Meiosis

What is the  Function of Meiosis? It’s  Stages  and Example of Meiosis What is Meiosis? Meiosis is a mechanism in which the number of chromosomes in a cell  is reduced before reproduction in eukaryotic, sex-breeding animals. Many species make gametes out of these cells, such as eggs and sperm. During reproduction, the gametes will mate and form a new zygote. Combining the two gametes would give the zygote the same number of alleles as the parent since the number of alleles decreases during meiosis. Each gene has two copies in diploid species. Meiosis is the process by which a cell divides twice to form four cells that contain half of the genetic information. These  cells  are our sex cells – sperm in men and eggs in women. Functions of meiosis? Many sexually reproducing species, like their parents, need meiosis to ensure that their offspring have an equal number of chromosomes. The two cells form a new pair during the fertilization process. The offspring would have four copies of each