Human Physiology, 14th edition (2016)

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Figure 3.30 Meiosis, or reduction division. In the first meiotic division, the homologous chromosomes of a diploid parent
cell are separated into two haploid daughter cells. Each of these chromosomes contains duplicate strands, or chromatids. In the
second meiotic division, these chromosomes are distributed to two new haploid daughter cells.

Prophase I