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Meiosis

Gametes need half the usual chromosomes, so egg + sperm make a full set. Meiosis does this in two divisions — and shuffles the genes along the way. Step through it.

Starting cell

Meiosisone cell → four gametes

The steps

📷 Reference image
A real labeled figure to compare with the interactive above.
Meiosis reference figure
Meiosis — Laboratoires Servier, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)