cell division Flashcards
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Mitosis
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Mitosis is a nuclear division such that the daughter nuclei contain the same number of chromosomes as the parent nucleus
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Meiosis
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Meiosis is a nuclear division such that the daughter nuclei contain half the number of chromosomes as the parent nucleus.
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Haploid
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Haploid is a condition of cells that contain half the number of chromosomes (n) of the parent cell.
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Diploid
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Diploid is a condition of cells that contain the full number of chromosomes (2n) as in the normal body cell.
5
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Homologous chromosomes
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Homologous chromosomes are chromosomes, which exist in pairs and each pair has same shape, size, length, position of centromere and same sequence of gene loci.
