Chapter 11 review Flashcards
1
Q
How do human sex cells differ from human body cells?
A
Sex cells have half the number of body cells
2
Q
Gamete is represented by a what symbol
A
n
3
Q
During crossover, what is being passed over?
A
Alleles
4
Q
What did not happened in Meiosis 2 that causes the number to cut in half?
A
DNA is not replicated
5
Q
Meiosis generates
A
4 cells genetically different (haploid)
6
Q
What does crossing over do to genetic variation
A
Increase genetic variation
7
Q
If an animal has 36 chromosomes in a muscles cell …how many chromosomes would you find in its sex cells
A
18
8
Q
In meiosis there is pairing of what chromosomes
A
homologous
9
Q
largest to smallest
A
nucleus>chromosome>gene
