Meiosis
Presented by:-
Dr. Madhu gupta
SOS IN BOTANY
JIWAJI UNIVERSITY GWALIOR
,Contents
• What is Meiosis cell division
• History of meiosis
• Where it occurs?
• Phases of meiosis-I
• Crossing over & importance
• Phases of meiosis-II
• Importance of meiosis
, What is meiosis cell division?
• Meiosis is a special type of cell division
necessary for Sexual Reproduction.
• Meiosis begins with one diploid cell co
ntaining two copies of each chromoso
me.
• One from the organism’s mother and o
ne from it’s father.
• Produces for haploid cells containing o
ne copy of each chromosome.
Presented by:-
Dr. Madhu gupta
SOS IN BOTANY
JIWAJI UNIVERSITY GWALIOR
,Contents
• What is Meiosis cell division
• History of meiosis
• Where it occurs?
• Phases of meiosis-I
• Crossing over & importance
• Phases of meiosis-II
• Importance of meiosis
, What is meiosis cell division?
• Meiosis is a special type of cell division
necessary for Sexual Reproduction.
• Meiosis begins with one diploid cell co
ntaining two copies of each chromoso
me.
• One from the organism’s mother and o
ne from it’s father.
• Produces for haploid cells containing o
ne copy of each chromosome.