General Biology I · Module 10 · Meiosis and sexual life cycles

Meiosis Walkthrough

Watch homologous chromosomes pair up, swap pieces, split apart and split again into four different haploid cells, then see how life cycles, variation and meiosis errors follow from those moves. Go at your own pace. Nothing here is graded.

Speed

Think of it like this

Quick check

Wrong answers are fine here. Read why, then try again.

Dr. Akash Garg · General Biology I Study Tools · Drawings are simplified and not to scale. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Use the left and right arrow keys to move between steps. Chromosomes are drawn magenta (maternal, from the mother, tagged M) and blue (paternal, from the father, tagged P); real chromosomes are not coloured. Animation speeds are exaggerated. Practise next in the Meiosis Lab.