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Lecture 45. Meiosis - Shuffling The Genetic Deck Flashcards

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1
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What move chromosomes?

A

Microtubules

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2
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How long is the DNA in a human cell?

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Two metres

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3
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When can chromosomes be studied?

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When they are condensed

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4
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What is a karyotype?

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A catalogue of all the chromosomes in an organism

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5
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Do plants have sex chromosomes?

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Some do

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6
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What are telomeres?

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Found at the ends of the chromosome, they maintain length and have a repeated structure

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What is the centromere?

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Where the spindles attach to the chromosome, satellite DNA

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8
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What do euchromatin and heterochromatin do in the chromosome?

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Package DNA, RNA & protein

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9
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What are the four structures a chromosome can have?

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Telocentric
Acrocentric
Submetacentric
Metacentric

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10
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What is the short arm of a submetacentric chromosome called?

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p

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What is the long arm of a submetacentric chromosome called?

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q

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12
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What can the visible bands in chromosomes tell you?

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High resolution physical map position

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13
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What are the two types of cell division?

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Mitosis and meiosis

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14
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What are the stages of mitosis?

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Interphase
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
Cytokinesis

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15
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What happens during interphase?

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Chromosomes & organelles replicate

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What happens during prophase?

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Spindle begins extending from poles, and attaches to centromeres (kinetochore)

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What happens during metaphase?

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Centromeres align at the equator (metaphase plate) - bipolar attachment

18
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What happens during anaphase?

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Chromosomes migrate to opposite poles - sister chromatids are now chromosomes

19
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What happens during telophase?

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Chromosomes at poles, spindle disassembles, nuclear membrane reforms

20
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What happens during cytokinesis?

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Chromosomes decondense and cells divide

21
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What breaks down the cohesin protein between metaphase and anaphase?

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Separase

22
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What does meiosis result in?

A

Four genetically distinct cells

23
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What occurs in prophase I during meiosis?

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Centrosome splits & move to poles DNA condensing begins
Homologous chromosomes align & synaptonemal complex forms
Doublestrand breaks arise & chiasmata form
Nuclear membrane breaks down
Spindle begins to form DNA fully condensed, synaptonemal complex breakdowns, & monopolar kinetochores attach chromosomes to spindle

24
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What occurs in metaphase I during meiosis?

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Kinetochores have aligned at the equator (metaphase plate)

25
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What occurs in anaphase I during meiosis?

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Monopolar attachment pulls homologous chromosomes to opposite poles

26
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What occurs in telophase I and anaphase I during meiosis?

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Haploid cells have formed
‘Shuffling the deck’ has occurred by independent assortment of parental chromosomes and crossing-over of chromosome arms

27
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What are the five stages of prophase I?

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Leptotene
Zygotene
Pachytene
Diplotene
Diakinesis

28
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What occurs in leptotene?

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Leptotene - ‘thin thread’ stage
Chromosomes start to condense & become visible
Homolog pairing begins
Double-strand DNA breaks are introduced (potential sites for crossing-over)

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What occurs in zygotene?

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Zygotene - ‘paired threads’ stage
A synaptonemal complex begins to form between homologous pairs (Synapsis)
Paired homologs now referred to as bivalents

30
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What occurs in pachytene?

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Pachytene - ‘thick thread’ stage
Condensing of chromosomes continues
Synaptonemal complex is complete
Bivalents now have four sister chromatids (tetrads)
Crossing-over is completed

31
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What occurs in diplotene?

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Diplotene - ‘two thread’ stage
Synaptonemal complex disassembles
Each pair of sister chromatids begins to separate
Chiasmata are visible regions of cross-over between non-sister chromatids

32
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What occurs in Diakinesis?

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Diakinesis - ‘moving apart’ stage
Chromosomes repel each other
Non-sister chromatids remain loosely associated via chiasmata
Nuclear membrane and nucleolus disappear
Monopolar attachment of chromosomes to spindle fibers

33
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What are the functions of the synaptonemal complex?

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Facilitates late stages of recombination
Prevents different homolog pairs from getting entangled

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