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Author: Audesirk, Teresa, Gerald, Byers, Bruce E.
Publisher: Pearson,
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The events of meiosis and also identify the stage at which homologous chromosomes separate.
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Meiosis is a specialized type of meiotic cell division in which a diploid nucleus divides twice, producing four haploid nuclei and cytokinesis, which packages the four nuclei into separate cells. The meiosis includes two steps: the first division of meiosis which separates the pairs of homologous chromosomes and the second division of meiosis separates the chromatids into independent chromosomes.
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