• Get Ready
• Go to Work

Outcomes

• Describe meiosis (313-2)
  • describe the events of meiosis (reduction-division) and cytokinesis
  • explain the necessity of chromosome reduction during the production of sex cells
  • describe the crossing-over process and explain its role in helping randomize the gene combinations for sex cells

Introduction

References

Text Reference:

Read the following reference pages in the McGraw-Hill text: 470 - 475

Visit the Following Sites:

• Meiosis Animations
• Meiosis and Crossing Over

Prerequisites

• There is no prerequisite knowledge for this lesson.