Image caption Bridge is played by four players who form two partnerships and involves predicting the number of tricks each side will win. Bridge players who wanted the popular card game recognised as a sport have lost their High Court battle.
Meiosis occurs in diploid cells. The chromosomes duplicate once, and through two successive divisions, four haploid cells are produced, each with half the chromosome number of the parental cell. Meiosis occurs only in sexually reproducing organisms.
What Should Happen During Meiosis. Proper cell division though meiosis is essential to sexual reproduction. Meiosis begins with a germ cell containing two sets of DNA: one set of chromosomes inherited from each parent. In humans that adds up to 46 chromosomes.