Basics regarding Meiosis!

[Biogravity]

G'day guys.

I need a bit of a hand regarding Meosis.

Meosis results in the formation of gametes. Those gametes, as I read, contain the haploid (n) number of chromosomes of the father, in a sperm, and mother, in an ova. My question is, when a father distributes its chromosomes into a sperm, are the chromosomes only of a paternal origin, or they can be either of a maternal/paternal origin through what was given to him by his parents, as in his autosomes.

Please give me a hand with that as I am a little confused when they say that each parent contributes a whole set of chromosomes.

Thanks in advance.

[MichaelXY]

Don’t feel bad for being confused, it is understandable. Take a look at these links.

http://lc.brooklyn.cuny.edu/smarttutor/ ... iosis.html
http://fig.cox.miami.edu/~cmallery/150/ ... arison.jpg
http://prs-sun-107-nyeh-peshr-hme0-39.d ... rview.html
about306.html