Fun Facts About Gerald Ford. 1  His middle name is Rudolph. 2  He nearly died in World War II when a typhoon hit his aircraft carrier and it caught fire. 3  Around 400 Eagle Scouts attended Ford's funeral and took part in the procession. 4  His number 48 football jersey was retired at the University of Michigan.
Then, the process of becoming pregnant takes several days â the fertilized egg (now called a blastocyst) has only just begun its long journey. Once the egg is fertilized, it now has to travel all the way up into the uterus for implantation to take place.
In meiosis, the chromosomes duplicate (during interphase) and homologous chromosomes exchange genetic information (chromosomal crossover) before a first division, called meiosis I. The daughter cells divide again in meiosis II, splitting up sister chromatids to form haploid gametes.ecause the number of chromosomes is halved during meiosis, gametes can fuse (i.e. fertilization) to form a zygote with a complete chromosome count containing a combination of paternal and maternal chromosomes.