IN MEIOSIS I, EACH DUPLICATED CHROMOSOME
ALIGNS WITH ITS PARTNER, HOMOLOGUE TO
HOMOLOGUE - AFTER THEY ARE SORTED AND ARRANGED THIS
WAY, EACH HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOME IS
PULLED APART FROM ITS PARTNER
THE TWO SISTER CHROMATIDS OF EACH
CHROMOSOME SEPARATE - THEY BECOME INDIVIDUAL UNDUPLICATED
CHROMOSOMES - THERE ARE NOW 4 PARCELS OF CHROMOSOMES - EACH CONTAINS ONE UNDUPLICATED
CHROMOSOME OF EACH TYPE - NEW NUCLEAR ENVELOPES BEGIN TO ENCLOSE
THEM AS FOUR NUCEI INSIDE TWO CELLS - TYPICALLY FOUR HAPLOID N CELLS FORM AFTER
A SECOND CYTOPLASMIC DIVISION
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