Meiotic Divisions and Reduction of Chromosomes | Gametogenesis | Embryology

In this article we will discuss about the role of meiotic divisions in reduction of chromosomes. The somatic (body) cells in multicellular animals have, as a rule, a diploid or double number of chromosomes; that is, apart from some exceptions due to the pres­ence of sex chromosomes, every kind of chromosome in the set is represented by a pair of [...]