Meiosis

Question 1

Gametes are

Answer 1

sex cells

Question 2

Which cells produce gametes

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Germ cells

Question 3

Male gamete production is called

Answer 3

spermatogenesis

Question 4

Female gamete production is called

Answer 4

oogenesis

Question 5

meiosis is the process by which

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one diploid cell produces four haploid cells

Question 6

Diploid =

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a cell containing two sets of chromosomes

Question 7

Haploid =

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a cell containing a single set of chromosomes

Question 8

In Prophase I

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Chromosomes become visible and the nucleolus disappears, meiotic spindles form

Question 9

In Metaphase I

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Pairs of chromosomes arrange themselves on the metaphase plate and meiotic spindles attach

Question 10

In Anaphase I

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homologous chromosomes are pulled towards opposite poles of the cell

Question 11

In Telophase I

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Chromosomes become enclosed in the nuclei and cytoplasm is divided between the 2 sister cells during cytokenisis

Question 12

in Prophase II

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nuclear envelope breaks down and spindle apparatus form

Question 13

In prophase II there is no

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further duplication of chromosomes

Question 14

in Metaphase II

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chromosomes line up individually at the cell equator

Question 15

In Anaphase II

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Sister chromatids seperate and are pulled to opposite poles of the cell

Question 16

In Telophase II

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the nuclear envelope forms around each set of chromosomes and cytokinesis occurs

Question 17

Unlike mitosis, the daughter cells formed during meiosis are

Answer 17

not identical

Question 18

What occurs during meiosis

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reshuffling or recombination of genetic material

Question 19

Crossing over is the

Answer 19

swapping of genetic material

Question 20

swapping of genetic material occurs in which part of meiosis?

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The first

Question 21

The point of cross over is referred to as

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chiasma

Question 22

What is the point of recombination?

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To produce new variants of genetic material within chromosomes

Question 23

What does meiosis create in organisms?

Answer 23

Genetic diversity

Question 24

what is the formula for independent assortment?

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2^n, where n = half of the total assortments

Question 25

Error in meiosis can occur in

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polyploidy or non-disjunction

Question 26

Non-disjunction is where

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chromosomes do not seperate, causing anaploidy

Question 27

Aneuploidy/polyploidy is an

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abnormal number of chromosomes