Lecture 18 Flashcards
Meiosis: What is heredity?
the transmission of traits from one generation to the next
Meiosis: How is variation represented?
By the differences in appearance that offspring show from their parents and siblings
Meiosis: What is genetics?
the scientific study of heredity and variation
True/False: children inherit particular physical traits from their parents?
False they inherit genes
Meiosis: What happens during asexual reproduction?
a single individual passes all of its genes to its offspring without the fusion of gametes (clone)
Meiosis: What is a clone?
A group of genetically identical individuals from the same parent
Meiosis: What happens during sexual reproduction?
two parents give rise to offspring that have unique combinations of genes inherited from the two parents
Meiosis: What is a life cycle?
the generation-to-generation sequence of stages in the reproductive history of an organism
Meiosis: How many pairs of chromosomes do human somatic cells have?
23 (46 individual)
Meiosis: What is a karyotype?
an ordered display of the pairs of chromosomes from a cell
Meiosis: What are homologous chromosomes?
two chromosomes in each pair of a karyotype
Meiosis: What are the sex chromosomes called?
X and Y
Meiosis: What chromosomes do women have?
XX
Meiosis: What chromosomes do men have?
XY
Meiosis: What are the characteristics of chromosomes in homologous pairs?
they are the same length and shape and carry genes controlling the same inherited characters
Meiosis: What are autosomes?
The remaining 22 pairs of chromosomes in a karyotype excluding the sex chromosomes
Meiosis: Each pair of homologous chromosomes includes ___ chromosome from each parent?
One
Meiosis: How many chromosomes does a diploid cell have?
two sets of chromosomes (2n)
Meiosis: What is the diploid number for humans?
46 (2n=46)
Meiosis: How many chromosomes does a gamete contain and what is it called?
a single set of chromosomes, haploid cell (n)
Meiosis: What is the haploid number for humans?
23 (n=23)
Meiosis: What is fertilization?
the union of gametes (sperm and egg)
Meiosis: What is a zygote?
the fertilized egg
Meiosis: How many chromosomes does a zygote have?
one set of chromosomes from each parent
Meiosis: What does the zygote do and what does it turn into?
It produces somatic cells by mitosis and turns into an adult; most of life cycle is a diploid
The alternation of ___ and __ is common to all organisms that reproduce sexually.
meiosis and fertilization