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Meiosis
Meiosis is the means by which the chromosome
number of the sex cells (spermatozoa and ova) is reduced from the
diploid number to one-half that number - the haploid number. The
chromosomes do not double before pulling apart. Half the chromosomes
go to each daughter cell in a random fashion. This is how nature
"shuffles the genetic cards." When an ovum is fertilized by a
spermatozoon, the diploid chromosome number is restored in the
resulting offspring.
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