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 effect of the referendum on the national census. Prior to 1967, there was a race question included in the census to establish the number of 'full-blood' Aborigines. The term 'full-blood' referred to people with an Aboriginal blood quantum of over 50%.he 1967 referendum received support from both sides of politics, even if this support was not always whole-hearted. Despite this, however, the 1967 referendum did not result in the ending of legal discrimination or in the provision of equal wages for Indigenous people.