what type of cells undergo meiosis

Meiosis is a specialized type of cell cycle that reduces the chromosome number by half, resulting in the production of haploid daughter cells. In multicellular plants and animals, meiosis is restricted to the germ cells, where it is key to sexual reproduction. Whereas somatic cells undergo mitosis to proliferate, the germ cells undergo meiosis to produce haploid gametes (the sperm and the egg) . Therefore, only those cells that produce gametes undergo meiosis, such as primary spermatocytes and primary oocytes in males and females, respectively.