CELL DIVISION (MEIOSIS) Flashcards
HUMAN HAS HOW MANY SETS OF HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOMES?
23 SETS OF HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOMES
EACH HOMOLOGOUS SET IIS MADE UP OF ?
2 HOMOLOGOUS
21ST SET ADDITIONAL IS CONSIDERED AS ?
DOWN SYNDROME OR OTHER.
IN HUMANS THE “___ ___” ARE THE 23RD SET
SEX CHROMOSOMES
> IS A TYPE OF CELL DIVISION THAT REDUCES THE NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES IN THE PARENT CELL BY HALF AND PRODUCES FOUR (4) GAMETE CELLS (HAPLOID).
THIS PROCESS IS REQUIRED TO PRODUCE EGG AND SPERM CELLS
IN MOST ORGANISMS, TWO SETS OF CHROMOSOMES (DIPLOAD) ARE REDUCED TO ONE SET (HAPLOID).
MEIOSIS
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES IN THE NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES BETWEEN MITOSIS AND MEIOSIS?
START (MITOSIS) START (MEIOSIS) >46 >46 END (MITOSIS END (MEIOSIS) >46 >46 >23 >23 >23 >23 >23 >23 DIPLOAD HAPLOID
PLODY >DIPLOAD (2n) >23 CHROMOSOMES (46) >HAPLOID (1n) >SINGLE SETS CHROMOSOMES (23)
THIS PHASE FOCUS ON THE CELL GROWTH AND REPLICATION.
G1 OR GAP 1 PHASE
DNA REPLICATION.
S OR SYNTHESIS
CELL UNDERGOES THE FINAL PREPARATIONS.
G2 OR GAP 2 PHASE
> A.K.A REDUCTION OR HETEROTYPIC DIVISION
REDUCES THE CHROMOSOMES NUMBER IN THE DAUGHTER CELLS.
HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOMES ARE PRESENT AT THE BEGINNING.
A COMPLEX DIVISION AND TAKES MORE TIME.
PRECEDED BY INTERPHASE.
MEIOSIS I
STAGE OF PROPHASE I
>LEPTOTENE >ZYGOTENE >PACHYTHENE >DIPLOTENE >DIAKINESIS
CHROMOSOMES START TO CONDESE AND BECOMES VISIBLE (SISTER CHROMATIDS).
LEPTOTENE
SYNAPTOMENAL COMPLEX FORM AND MEDIATE SYNAPSIS.
ZYGOTENE
IT IS A PROCESS BY WHICH REPLICATED HOMOLOGOUS PAIR OR CHROMOSOMES COMES TOGETHER.
SYNAPSIS
CROSSING OVER OCCUR
PACHYTENE
HOMOLOGOUS PAIRS REMAIN ATTACHED AT “CHIASMATA”.
DIPLOTENE
NUCLEAR MEMBRANE DISINTEGRATES PRIOP METAPHASE I.
DIAKINESIS
PROPHASE I >SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
> CHROMOSOMES ARE NOW VISIBLE
NUCLEAR MEMBRANE AND NUCLEOLUS COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED.
SPINDLE FIBERS ARE ATTACHED TO THE TETRADS.
TETRADS START TO MOVE TO THE MEMBRANE.
METAPHASE I >SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
> NUCLEAR MEMBRANE ARE COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED.
CENTROSOMES ARE NOW ON THE OPPOSIT POLE.
TETRADS OR SISTER CHROMOSOMES ARE ALIGNED TO THE METAPHASE PLATE (OR AT THE EQUATOR OF THE CELL).
ANAPHASE I >SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
> SPINDLE FIBERS PULL APART THE SISTER CHROMOSOMES (OR HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOMES).
SISER CHROMATIDS ARE STILL ATTACHED TO THE CENTROMERE.
TELOPHASE I >SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
> SISTER CHROMATIDS ARE NOW ON THE OPPOSITE POLE STARTING TO DECONDENSE.
NUCLEAR MEMBRANE AND NUCLEOLUS REAPPEAR.
FORMATION OF CLEAVAGE FURROW.
SPINDLE FIBERS DISAPPEAR.
MEIOSIS I & CYTOKINESIS >SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
> TWO CYTOPLASM OF THE CELL SPLIT INTO TWO, MAKING TWO NEW CELLS (23n(.
MEIOSIS I PRODUCES DAUGTHER CELLS THAT ARE NOT IDENTICAL.
> THE CYTOPLASM OF THE CELL SPLIT INTO TWO, MAKING TWO NEW CELLS (23n).
CYTOKINESIS I
> A.K.A EQUATIONAL DIVISION
EQUALIZES THE CHROMOSOMES NUMBER OF BOTH PARENT AND DAUGHTER CELLS
INDIVIDUAL CHROMOSOMES ARE PRESENTING IN THE BEGINNING.
LESS SIMPLE AND TAKES LESS TIME.
NO INTERPHASE TAKES PLACE.
MEIOSIS II