Chapter 12 -1

Question 1

How do offspring quire genes?

Answer 1

1 maternal set (23) from egg

1 paternal set (23) from sperm

Question 2

What are the two key processes of the sexual life cycle?

Answer 2

Meiosis & Fertilization

Question 3

What reduces the chromosome number?

Answer 3

Meiosis

Question 4

What reinstates the chromosome number?

Answer 4

Fertilization

Question 5

What is the production of gametes (n)?

Answer 5

Meiosis

Question 6

What is the fusion of gametes?

Answer 6

Fertilization

Question 7

Where is a diploid zygote produced?

Answer 7

Fertilization

Question 8

What is Meiosis?

Answer 8

the production of 4 genetically different haploid cells

Question 9

What process reduces the chromosome number to half?

Answer 9

Meiosis

Question 10

What are homologues?

Answer 10

Matched pairs of paternal and maternal chromosomes

Question 11

What is a visualization of homologues?

Answer 11

Karyotype

Question 12

What is a homologous pair?

Answer 12

Carries similar genes for the same trait

Question 13

What are alleles?

Answer 13

Different versions of genes