Bio Correction \ Flashcards
What cell organelle does NOT play a crucial role in mitosis?
Vesicles
Each parent cell replicates to make identical daughter cells.
True
Interphase, Mitosis, and Cytokineses make up cell division.
T
All cells go though mitosis.
F
Mitosis is a diploid process, represented by 2n.
T
Metaphase is the longest part of mitosis.
T
Chromosomes that carry the same corresponding genes at the same loci are said to be ______.
Homologous
A sperm cell is:
Male gamete
Cells formed by meiosis are:
Reproductive cells
Meiosis is the process by which:
The chromosome number is reduced by one-half
If an organism has 16 chromosomes in each of its cells, how many chromosomes would you expect to find in the sperm?
8
If an egg cell has 8 chromosomes, how many chromosomes would you expect to find in a zygote?
16
What is needed for fertilization?
Sperm and Egg
A human with the genotype XX is
A female
The human kind has 23 chromosomes. This statement describes
Both sperm and egg
A cell produced by meiosis has the ______ number of chromosomes?
haploid
What chromosome number (1-23) would a geneticist find the a XX or XY allele?
chromosomes 23
Meiosis reduces the chromosome number from diploid to haploid
T
The human diploid number is 46
T
The sperm is larger than the egg cell
F
