Sporogenesis - the production of spores.  Meiosis

Cells that are going into meiosis are very similar if not identical to cells going into mitosis.

Meiosis in a plant with diagrams.

The most significant difference between Meiosis and Mitosis is Prophase I where the Chromosomes Pair up or Synapse.

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This web site is provided for instruction in Botany and Zoology 342

by Kenneth G. Wilson,
Professor of Botany
Miami University
wilsonkg@muohio.edu