Meiosis is part of gamete formation consisting of chromosome conjugation and two cell divisions in the course of which the diploid chromosome number becomes reduced to the haploid

Prophase I - during this stage the chromosomes condense and the nuclear envelope breaks down.

Metaphase I - Pairs of homologous chromosomes move to the equator of the cell

Anaphase I - Homologous chromosomes move to the opposite poles of the cell