MEIOSIS AND SEXUAL REPRODUCTION: in a comparison of the stages of meiosis to the stages of mitosis, which stages are unique to meiosis and which stages have the same events in both meiosis and mitosis?

MEIOSIS AND SEXUAL REPRODUCTION (3 points)

· Describe the process that results in the formation of a tetrad

· In a comparison of the stages of meiosis to the stages of mitosis, which stages are unique to meiosis and which stages have the same events in both meiosis and mitosis?

· Animals and plants both have diploid and haploid cells. How does the animal life cycle differ from the alternation of generations exhibited by plants?