13.3 comparing mitosis and meiosis

Question 1

synapsis in meiosis

Answer 1

homologous chromosomes are connected by protein, synaptonemal complex
-crossing over happens

Question 2

crossing over in meiosis

Answer 2

2 homologs pull apart slightly but remain connected by chiasma (x in the center)
-they cross over

Question 3

reductional division

Answer 3

meiosis I

-halves the # of chromosomes per cell

Question 4

equational division

Answer 4

meiosis II