Chapter 5 Review - Meiosis Flashcards
The greatest amount of change occurs in the _______ trimester of development.
First
A term for either a sperm or an egg?
Gamete
A term describing cells which only have one set of chromosomes in the nucleus?
Haploid
The transfer of male gametes toward the female structures in plants is called ______________.
Pollination
Very early on in embryonic development, a ball of cells (which is not hollow) develops. This stage is called a _______.
Morula
The process of a sperm penetrating an egg cell, in turn combining their genetic contents.
Fertilization
The eggs in the female structures of plants are called ________.
Ovules
The middle layer of the gastrula.
Mesoderm
Behaviours which result in male and female gametes arriving in the same place at the same time.
Mating
In many plants, sperm are carried in protective capsules called ______ grains.
Pollen
A full term pregnancy is divided up into three stages, or _________.
Trimesters
The inner-most layer of the gastrula.
Endoderm
Independent ______________ occurs when each chromosome in a homologous pair is pulled to opposite ends on the cell during meiosis | .
Assortment
A type of reproduction that requires two parents and results in offspring which differ genetically from the parents.
Sexual
A process which produces haploid cells from a diploid parent cell.
Meiosis
Frogs and salmon are examples of organisms which utilize ____________ fertilization.
External
The outermost layer of the gastrula.
Ectoderm
The greatest growth and development of the brain occurs in the _____ trimester.
Third
The diploid cell which is the immediate result of a sperm uniting with an egg.
Zygote
This stage is where the developing embryo has organized it’s cells into three distinctive layers.
Gastrula
The exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes during meiosis | .
Crossing Over
A zygote which has undergone several rounds of cell division turns into a structure called an _________.
Embryo
In pollen producing plants that do not have flowers the pollen is usually transferred by the _____.
Wind
In human embryonic development, the hollow ball that forms early in development is called a __________.
Blastula