Meoisis produces 4 haploid cells, are these cells “sperm cell” and “egg cell”, also known as gametes?
Yes, your sperm and egg cells are your gametes. Humans [normally] have 46 chromosomes. These consist of 23 pairs of homologous chromosomes. One pair is from your mother, the other is from your father. They are not identical to your mother’s/father’s chromosomes because remember during the meiotic process to produce these gametes, crossing over [ and information exchange] occurs. The chromosomal pairs may not be identical, but the reason they are called homologous is because they “match” in similar function. For example, a gene occupying a specific position in Chromosome 1 which you inherited from your mother may code for blue eyes. On the exact same position of the homolog pair of chromosome 1 which you inherited from your father, that gene also encodes for eye color. Except, the copy from your father codes for green eye colour. The gene would be what codes for eye colour, the different eye colours are different alleles,[or alternate form of a gene] and the chromosome is made up of man
