cell division - meiosis

Question 1

whats a diploid number

Answer 1

total number of chromosomes found in a somatic cell

Question 2

wahts the haploid numberq

Answer 2

total number of chromosomes found in a sex cell - gemete

Question 3

propahse 1

Answer 3

centrosome movement
spindle formation
nuclear envelope breakdown

Question 4

what happens in early prophase 1

Answer 4

chromosomes pair with homologs
and form chiasmata

Question 5

what happens in late propahse 1

Answer 5

microtubules attach to kinetochores

Question 6

what aligment must homologs be in prophase 1

Answer 6

bi oriented

Question 7

what are the 5 stages of prophase 1

Answer 7

Leptotene
Zygotene
Pachytene
Diplotene
Diakinesis

Question 8

leptotene

Answer 8

chromosomes start to condense

Question 9

what are chromomeres

Answer 9

chromosomes look like string of beads

attached to the nuclear envelope by their telomeres

Question 10

what are sister chromatids helf togetehr by

Answer 10

cohesins

Question 11

what is zygotene

Answer 11

stage in where homologs pair
process called synapsis