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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
Metaphase I
Tetrad
Anaphase I
Telophase I
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Prophase II
Metaphase II
Anaphase II
Telophase
II
Daughter
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Daughter
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Daughter
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