what produces sperm and egg cells in animals mitosis or meiosis
In all animals, specialized cells in the reproductive organs, called germ cells, undergo meiosis to produce haploid gametes (sperm and egg), which then fuse during sexual reproduction to create new diploid embryos. For example, human gametes are haploid and contain twenty-three different chromosomes.n plants, meiosis creates a multicellular haploid organism, called a gametophyte, which in some groups is independent of the diploid plant. Gametes are produced by mitosis of the gametophyte, which then fuse to form the embryo. This cycle is called alternation of generations. Meiosis involves two divisions.