◆Meiosis is a process involving a reduction in the quantity of genetic material .

 ◆ type of cell division- It occurs in two phases are – 

1.meiosis I 

2.meiosis II

◆ pachytene event of prophase I-chromosomes cross-over wherein the exchange of segments between non-sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes occurs. 

◆ leads to the formation of recombinant DNA in the process of meiosis.