Meiosis Flashcards
What is the purpose of meiosis?
To create sex cells
What’s the difference between a haploid cell (sex cell) and a diploid cell (somatic cell)?
The amount of chromosomes; sex cells have 23 chromosomes, somatic cells (all non-sex cells) have 46.
Meiosis is essentially mitosis done ________ times.
2
What is the process of your parents’ chromosomes swapping DNA traits during meiosis called?
homologous (“same structure”) recombination
Before homologous recombination can take place, what is the process of your parents’ chromosomes line up with each other and get tangled up?
crossing over
How many cells are produced by meiosis?
4 cells are produced for MEN; 1 cell + 3 polar bodies for WOMEN