Meiosis: Part 2 || Meiosis 1 and 2 || Significance of Meiosis

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This video is about the reductional division, or meiosis. Meiotic division is the type of cell division wherein the parent cell gives rise to 4 daughter cells with half the number of chromosomes. Meiosis is very important in the formation of gametes and genetic variability.

You'll learn:
1. What is meiosis 1 and meiosis 2?
2. Why is there a need for second meiotic division after the first one?
3. What are the phases of meiosis?
4. What are homologous chromosomes and the recombination between them?
5. What is synapse and synaptonemal complex?
6. What is a bivalent and tetrad?
7. What is leptotene, zygotene, pachytene, diplotene and diakinesis?
8. What is bouquet stage?

The video includes content for class 11, NEET aspirants and graduates. The topics that are not covered in NCERT but are important for other areas are time stamped below:

0:36 - 0:52 Bouquet Stage
3:23 - 3:55 Synaptonemal Complex

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This video series includes videos on cell cycle, mitosis, meiosis, cell cycle regulation, cyclins and CDKs, cell cycle checkpoints and control etc. for students of 11, 12 and graduates life sciences, zoology, botany etc.
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