What is haploid and diploid as they apply to the number of chromosomes in cells? 12) What is synapsis; homologous recombination and crossing over; and during what stages of meiosis do they occur? 13) What is meiosis comprised of? 14) What is the difference between what happens to chromosomes during meiosis and mitosis? 15) Meiosis starts with what? 16) Describe the difference between how chromosomes are segregated in metaphase and anaphase of meiosis compared to metaphase and anaphase of mitosis, and how the process of crossing over contributes to this difference. 17) Describe what happens during prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase in meiosis. 18) What is the process of cell division in meiosis?