Chapter 9 Flashcards
1
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Genetic recombination
A
The process in which combinations of alleles for different genes in the two parental individuals become shuffled into new combinations in offspring individuals.
2
Q
Whats meiosis’s role in reproduction?
A
Producing gametes with half the chromosome number
3
Q
How does fertilization occur?
A
Fuses nuclei with egg and sperm - zygote cell produced in fertilization
4
Q
Non-disjunction
A
Occurs when both pairs of homologous chromosomes join the spindle of the same pole
