All cells arise from other cells through the process of cell division. Meiosis is a specialized form of cell division that produces reproductive cells, such as plant and fungal spores and sperm and egg cells.
eukaryotes that ensures that the number of chromosomes will not double from parent to offspring when gametes fuse during fertilisation. Homologous pairs of chromosomes separate in meiosis I, so the gametes are haploid (n), and each gamete receives only one member of each chromosome pair.
