BIO101: Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology

8.2: Cell Division

• 8.2.1: Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction

  • OpenStax College's "Concepts of Biology: Introduction: The Cellular Basis of Reproduction"

    Read this section.
    

  • OpenStax College's "Concepts of Biology: Sexual Reproduction"

    Read this section. After reading, make sure you also complete the multiple choice and free response questions.
    

  • OpenStax College's "Concepts of Biology: Meiosis"

    Read this section. After reading, make sure you also complete the multiple choice and free response questions.
    

  • OpenStax College's "Concepts of Biology: Errors in Meiosis"

    Read this section. After reading, make sure you also complete the multiple choice and free response questions. After you have finished reading you are reading you should attempt to do the following: describe stages of meiosis and how cells are produced; explain why meiosis is needed for sexual reproduction; name cells involved in fertilization; and explain how fertilization occurs.
    

  • Khan Academy: "Mitosis, Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction" Page

    Watch this lecture.
    

• 8.2.2: Phases of Meiosis

  • Khan Academy: "Phases of Meiosis" Page

    Watch these lectures.