Meiosis is a more specific type of cell division (of germ cells, in particular) that results in gametes, either eggs or sperm, that contain half of the chromosomes found in a parent cell. Unlike mitosis with its many functions, meiosis has a narrow but significant purpose: assisting sexual reproduction.
On 27 May 1967, 90.77% of Australian voters recorded the largest ever âYesâ vote in a referendum to alter the Australian constitution. This referendum finally enabled Aboriginal people to be counted in the national census and to be subject to Commonwealth laws, rather than just state laws.
The fifteenth amendment prohibits federal and state governments to deny a citizen of the United States the right to vote based on their race or color or condition of servitude. The Fifteenth Amendment was necessary because the United States was divided between slave states and free states. After the Civil War, slavery was abolished and the former slaves needed to be given the same rights as the rest of the citizens of the United States.