The document discusses different types of life cycles including human, diplontic, dioecious, monoecious, haplodiplontic, and haplontic. It notes that meiosis occurs in the processes of spermatogenesis and oogenesis in humans, resulting in four haploid cells. Meiosis only occurs in the generation of sex cells, not other cells produced through mitosis. The document also discusses sources of genetic variation from sexual reproduction including independent assortment of chromosomes, crossing over, and the fertilization event.