how many times do the chromosomes make copies of themselves during meiosis
Meiosis involves two cell divisions: Meiosis I and Meiosis II. Meiosis I separates the matching-or 'homologous' - pairs of chromosomes. Meiosis II divides each chromosome into two copies (much like mitosis). In Meiosis I, each daughter cell receives a mix of chromosomes from the two sets in the parent cell.