I am so confused...i have to write a paper on it and i have no clue where to begin...can anybody help me with it?? Thanks!!!
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>meiosis (mīŏ'sĭs) , process of nuclear division in a living cell by which the number of chromosomes is reduced to half the original number. Meiosis occurs only in the process of gametogenesis, i.e., when the gametes, or sex cells (ovum and sperm), are being formed. Because fertilization consists of the fusion of two separate nuclei, one from each of the sex cells, meiosis is necessary to prevent the doubling of the chromosome number in each successive generation. An ordinary body cell is diploid; i.e., it contains two of each type of chromosome. The members of each pair are known as homologous chromosomes. An ovum or sperm is haploid; i.e., it contains only a single chromosome of each type and, therefore, half the number of chromosomes of the diploid cell. When the two haploid cells fuse, the diploid number is restored, and the plant or animal growing from the fertilized egg (zygote) has the usual diploid number of chromosomes in its cells. Just before meiosis each chromosome replicates to form two identical copies in the form of strands called chromatids joined together at a point called the centromere. In the first stage of meiosis, called the reduction division, the members of each pair of homologous chromosomes lie side by side and crossing over occurs. Each member of the pair then moves away from the other toward opposite ends of the dividing cell, and two nuclei, each with the haploid number of double-stringed chromosomes, are formed. Thus at the beginning of the second meiotic sequence, called the equational division, each cell nucleus contains one chromosome from each homologous pair and each chromosome is of two strands that are identical (except where crossing over has occurred). Then the chromosomes separate into their single strands which move toward opposite ends of the dividing nucleus. The result of meiotic division is four cells, each haploid, with one chromosome of each pair.\n\n>meiosis (meye-oh-sis) \nDivision of cells in which four “daughter” cells are produced from one “parent” cell, each with half the genes of the parent. Meiosis is a key process in sexual reproduction. In the ovaries and testes, meiosis produces a great variety of sex cells (sperm and ova), because the genes of the parent cell can be split in many different ways. The sex cells combine in fertilization to produce a new individual with the full number of genes — half from each parent. Because the sex cells come in such variety, and come from two parents, there is an enormous number of possible forms for the offspring. (See chromosomes, genetics, and mitosis.) \n\n>mei·o·sis (mī-ō'sĭs)\nn., pl. -ses (-sēz').\nThe special process of cell division in sexually reproducing organisms that results in the formation of gametes, consisting of two nuclear divisions in rapid succession that in turn result in the formation of four gametocytes, each containing half the number of chromosomes that is found in somatic cells.\n\n>meiosis: \nIn biology, meiosis is the process that transforms one diploid cell into four haploid cells in eukaryotes in order to redistribute the diploid's cell's genome.\n\nMeiosis forms the basis of sexual reproduction and can only occur in eukaryotes. In meiosis, the diploid cell's genome, which is composed of ordered structures of coiled DNA called chromosomes, is replicated once and separated twice, producing four sets of haploid cells each containing half of the original cell's chromosomes. These resultant haploid cells will fertilize with other haploid cells of the opposite gender to form a diploid cell again. The cyclical process of separation by meiosis and genetic recombination through fertilization is called the life cycle. The result is that the offspring produced during germination after meiosis will have a slightly different blueprint which has instructions for the cells to work, contained in the DNA. This allows sexual reproduction to occur.\n\nBiochemically
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Why don't you share with us what you have done so far instead of just asking someone to do your homework?\n\nSorry about the snide remark. Here is your well-deserved step-by-step solution:\nhttp://www.rgetso.com/yahoo/afchica101.pdf
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MAN! You better be doing a paper on it...nothing else! They are a disgrace to humanity!
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Why?   If this is for homework or a project, try looking it up on the internet, rather than asking other people to do it!\n\nGood luck!\n\nI sent you a message - hope you got it.   I suggested you ask your teacher to explain things again - they would rather pupils ask rather than struggle.   Also, I expect you are not the only one with problems - but you are probably the only one brave enough to admit it!\n\nGood luck.
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this maybe helpful \n\n\n\nwww.springerlink.com/index/R617G25W81437Q01.pdf\n\nhttp://www.springerlink.com/index/R617G25W81437Q01.pdf
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First did you look up your statues? Then get your resources from books, articles, off line, etc. read every one of them carefully. You should have at least 5 good resources to quote from, then at the end of the paper you should put in your own words what you think about it. If I had more information on this particular paper I could help you write it. I had to write something similar in one of my college classes.
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Google it.\nDon't ask us to do your basic research.\nAnd ditto that if you're writing an essay, you should know this. If you have a text book, read it.
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This link should tell you all about it :o).\n\n\nhttp://www.answers.com/cilice?gwp=11&ver=1.1.2.381
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Look this one up on the internet.  I doubt you're gonna find anyone here to do it for you.  That's too much information.  Don't you have a textbook? Use that.
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this question was asked before...lol\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=1006042619819\nbut in general I couldnt find any books on it...here is a good album though!!\nhttp://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000DG070/702-7399816-1629648
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Well, how can we guide you better than this guide does?  So, you have to revise your paper, and how can we help you without having your paper to examine, to see where you went astray?  Did your teacher mark your paper in this and that spot, pointing out where you slipped up?  Are there any comments that were made in writing on the paper or verbally?\n\nI don't see how you can get any significant help with this from what you have posted...we don't even know what the subject of the paper is.
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Um ... yes?\n\nHow the heck can we figure this out without links to the relevant information?  Or is reading your mind part of the question requirements?
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I am sorry but you have to elaborate so that more people can answer. Maybe you can check up \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org\n\nOR\n\nwww.google.com
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lol  There is no answer.  I racked my brains at it for soo long.   Here are some sites to help you....
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I'm sorry sir, but if you expect to get proper answers, you'll need to clarify your question.\n\nIt's just not clear and I don't think it's supposed to be in this category.
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I remember reading an article on it recently (past few months) - I think it was in Discover magazine.\n\nThat might be a good place to start.
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Hi, I think the link below will help shed some light on things.\n\nhope it helps\nNigel