gamete formation
What gamete formation means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Reference: OCR
A diploid precursor cell duplicates its chromosomes once and undergoes two successive nuclear divisions, yielding four genetically non-identical haploid daughter cells.
Involves meiosis, which produces non-identical haploid cells.
Topics that use gamete formation
- Sexual and asexual reproduction (AQA GCSE)
- Inheritance (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Genetic variation
- meiosis
- Sexual reproduction
- Asexual reproduction
- carrier identification
- chromosomes
- Clones
- continuous variation
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