Chapter 13

Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles

Understand how meiosis creates genetic diversity. Master this foundation for genetics - essential for heredity and evolution questions.

6 Hours

Olympiad 5/5

Intermediate

NEETRequired

MCATRequired

AP BiologyRequired

IB BiologyRequired

USABO

5/5

BBO

5/5

INBO

5/5

IBO

5/5

Key Topics Covered

Meiosis I and II stages

Crossing over and recombination

Independent assortment

Comparison of mitosis and meiosis

Life cycle variations

Compare meiosis I and meiosis II

Explain sources of genetic variation

Distinguish mitosis from meiosis

Understand chromosome behavior in meiosis

NEET tests meiosis stages, chromosome number changes, crossing over timing, and comparison with mitosis.

Olympiads test recombination frequency calculations, chromosome mapping, and non-disjunction consequences.

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