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Meiosis I: Reductional Division

  • Interphase: Before meiosis begins, the cell undergoes interphase, where DNA is replicated. Each chromosome now consists of two identical sister chromatids.
  • Prophase I:
    • Chromosomes condense and become visible.
    • Homologous chromosomes pair up, forming structures called bivalents or tetrads (each consisting of four chromatids).
    • Crossing over occurs: segments of DNA are exchanged between non-sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes. This creates new combinations of alleles.
    • The nuclear envelope breaks down, and the spindle fibers begin to form.
  • Metaphase I:
    • Homologous chromosome pairs (bivalents) align along the metaphase plate (the equator of the cell).
    • The orientation of each pair is random (independent assortment).
  • Anaphase I:
    • Homologous chromosomes separate and are pulled to opposite poles of the cell by the spindle fibers.
    • Sister chromatids remain attached at their centromeres.
  • Telophase I & Cytokinesis:
    • Chromosomes arrive at the poles. Each pole now has a haploid set of chromosomes, but each chromosome still consists of two sister chromatids.
    • The cytoplasm divides, forming two haploid daughter cells.

Meiosis II: Equational Division

  • Prophase II:
    • In each of the two haploid daughter cells, chromosomes condense again.
    • The nuclear envelope breaks down (if it reformed in Telophase I), and new spindle fibers form.
  • Metaphase II:
    • Chromosomes (each still composed of two sister chromatids) align along the metaphase plate in each cell.
  • Anaphase II:
    • Centromeres divide.
    • Sister chromatids separate and are pulled to opposite poles of the cell. They are now considered individual chromosomes.
  • Telophase II & Cytokinesis:
    • Chromosomes arrive at the poles and begin to decondense.
    • Nuclear envelopes reform around the chromosomes.
    • The cytoplasm divides in each cell.

The result is four haploid daughter cells, each genetically distinct from the parent cell and from each other.

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