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6.6 Meiosis Flashcards

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Meiosis

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A specialized form of cell division in Gonads to produce Gametes

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What do chromosomes come in?

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Homologous pairs

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What does a Gamete get?

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One of each homologous pairs

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How are chromosomes visualized?

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By using a Karyotype

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What do human Somatic cells contain?

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22 pairs of Autosomes and 1 pair of Sex Chromosomes

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Are Gametes Haploid or diploid?

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Haploid or have 1 set of 23 chromosomes

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What forms when an egg and a sperm nuclei fuse?

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A zygote

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Is a zygote a Haploid or diploid?

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Diploid

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What other cells are diploid?

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Somatic or body cells

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What does Meiosis start with?

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Interphase

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Interphase

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DNA is duplicated

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What two stages take place during Meiosis?

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Meiosis I and Meiosis II

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Meiosis I

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Separating out the homologous pairs into 2 separate cells

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Meiosis II

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Separating out the sister chromatids in each cell to produce 4 Haploid cells

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Crossing Over

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Exchange of equivalent portions of chromosome between members of a homologous pair which results in new types of Gametes being formed

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Linked Genes

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Typically cross over together

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Random Alignment

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The way in which different pairs of chromosomes align and get separated during Meiosis I is random

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Nondisjunction

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Failure of homologues to separate normally during Meiosis

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What are the results of Nondisjunction?

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Results in a Gamete having one too many chromosomes (Trisomy) or one too few chromosomes (Monosomy)

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Do embryos resulting from Nondisjunction survive?

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No, they die before birth

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How are cancer mutations passed on to offspring?

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The mutations must take place in cells that give rise to Gametes

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Are mutations in Somatic cells heritable?

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No

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