Class 11 NEET Biology Cell Cycle and Cell Division

(c) : August Weismann in 1887 predicted that the number of chromosomes must be reduced by one half during gamete formation. The two divisions of meiosis are called the first and the second meiotic divisions. In meiosis I, the number of chromosomes are reduced from diploid to haploid condition, whereas in meiosis II, the two chromatids of each chromosomes separate from each other and go to separate daughter cells, as a result the number of chromosomes remains the same as produced by meiosis I.