{"id":585,"date":"2019-12-28T12:03:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T17:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/reproduction-a-female-perspective\/?p=585"},"modified":"2019-12-28T12:13:58","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T17:13:58","slug":"meiosis-is-not-gender-neutral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/reproduction-a-female-perspective\/2019\/12\/28\/meiosis-is-not-gender-neutral\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Meiosis is not gender neutral&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Root Gorelick&#8217;s title for his 2012 BioScience article exposes the nearly universal bias in how we describe and illustrate meiosis.\u00a0 &#8220;[T]extbooks beautifully describe meiosis in males and meiosis in isogamous taxa, in which there is only one size of gametes. But these textbooks fail to describe meiosis in females in anisogamic taxa, in which there are two different sizes of gametes&#8221;.\u00a0 A quick search on Google images confirms his point.\u00a0 As the three images below from Cambell, Springer, and Wiki exemplify.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-590.fg-masonry .fg-item { width: 300px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-590.fg-masonry { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-masonry foogallery-lightbox-none fg-center fg-masonry fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-fixed\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-590\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;columnWidth&quot;:300,&quot;gutter&quot;:10}}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/reproduction-a-female-perspective\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2019\/12\/Meiosis_wiki.png\" data-attachment-id=\"588\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/reproduction-a-female-perspective\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/cache\/2019\/12\/Meiosis_wiki\/4162199755.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22300%22%20height%3D%22189%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20300%20189%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/reproduction-a-female-perspective\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2019\/12\/meiosis-springer.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"587\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"597\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/reproduction-a-female-perspective\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/cache\/2019\/12\/meiosis-springer\/3933481235.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22300%22%20height%3D%22597%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20300%20597%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/reproduction-a-female-perspective\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2019\/12\/meiosis-campbell.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"586\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/reproduction-a-female-perspective\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/cache\/2019\/12\/meiosis-campbell\/2240116903.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22300%22%20height%3D%22193%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20300%20193%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Only if you search for &#8216;female meiosis&#8217; do you get the female perspective.\u00a0 Even then male meiosis is may be included without comment as this &#8216;slide player&#8217; image illustrates.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-593\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/reproduction-a-female-perspective\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2019\/12\/meiosis-ch-7-f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/reproduction-a-female-perspective\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2019\/12\/meiosis-ch-7-f.jpg 960w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/reproduction-a-female-perspective\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2019\/12\/meiosis-ch-7-f-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/reproduction-a-female-perspective\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2019\/12\/meiosis-ch-7-f-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/reproduction-a-female-perspective\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2019\/12\/meiosis-ch-7-f-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Root Gorelick&#8217;s title for his 2012 BioScience article exposes the nearly universal bias in how we describe and illustrate meiosis.\u00a0 &#8220;[T]extbooks beautifully describe meiosis in males and meiosis in isogamous taxa, in which there is only one size of gametes. 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