Cell division Flashcards
1
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Parts of chromosomes
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Centromere, connect two sister chromatids together
Telomeres, protecting caps at ends of chromosomes
2
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Forms of chromosomes
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Sister chromatids, two identical copies of chromosomes by dna replication
Chroatin, uncoiled, immature chromosomes,
Chromatids, half or chromosome
3
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Homologous chromosomes:
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A pair of chromosomes that carry the same genes and, as a result, are the same length
4
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Why do humans have homologous chromosomes?
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Because you inherited one from each parent
5
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Diploid:
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Diploid cells are in pairs of two, two copies
6
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Haploid:
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One copy of each chromosome
