3-3 Meiosis

Question 1

A type of reproduction when only one parent cell is needed.

Answer 1

Asexual reproduction

Question 2

The parent cells

Answer 2

Sex cells

Question 3

Chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the same structure.

Answer 3

Homologous Chromosomes

Question 4

A process in cell division during which the number of chromosomes decreases to half the original number by two divisions of the nucleus,which results in the production of sex cells

Answer 4

Meiosis

Question 5

One of the pair of chromosomes that determine the sex of an individual

Answer 5

Sex chromosome

Question 6

Disorders in which genes for certain disorders, such as colorblindness are carried on the x chromosomes.

Answer 6

Sex-linked disorders

Question 7

A diagram that shows the occurrence of a genetic trait in several generations of a family

Answer 7

pedigree

Question 8

A lung disease

Answer 8

Cystic Fibrosis

Question 9

Organisms with desirable characteristics are mated

Answer 9

Selective breeding