Define meiosis, Biology

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Give two examples in each case of organs or tissues in which you would expect

 (a) meiosis,

 (b) mitosis to be taking place

 

a) Meiosis is likely to be taking place in testes and ovaries.

b) Mitosis may be occurring in the red bone marrow of the skeleton (to generate blood cells), in the basal layer of the skin containing hair follicles, in tissue where growth is occurring, e.g. ends of bone shafts, in the lining epithelium of the gut.

 


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