For 10 points, name this process of cell division that, unlike mitosis, results in the creation of four haploid gametes.
The synaptonemal complex assembles during the leptotene stage, a phase in this process during which chromosomes condense. Its pachytene stage features chromosomal recombination. In females, this process results in three polar bodies and an oocyte. Monopolin is needed for segregation of homologous chromosomes during this process, which may result in non-disjunction if poorly executed during anaphase I or II. For 10 points, name this process of cell division that, unlike mitosis, results in the creation of four haploid gametes.
The synaptonemal complex assembles during the leptotene stage, a phase in this process during which chromosomes condense.
meiosis [accept prophase I before "polar bodies"; accept oogenesis before "oocytes"; accept spermatogenesis before "females"]