meiosis

Question 1

Describe both asexual and sexual reproduction

provide examples

Answer 1

• asexual: The parent organism replicates its genetic material and divides, producing offspring that are clones/identical of itself. There is no fusion of gametes (ex: starfish, hydra)
• sexual: Sexual reproduction involves two parents, and offspring are produced by the combination of their genetic material through the fusion of gametes (providing a different combination of genes) (ex: animals, plants, fungi)

Question 2

Example of diploid cells

Answer 2

blood, skin, lung cells

Question 3

Example of haploid cells

Answer 3

egg, sperm, pollen

Question 4

How does the life cycle occur?

Answer 4

meiosis -> fertilization -> mitosis

Question 5

How many times does meiosis divide

Answer 5

2

Question 6

2n

add more details

Answer 6

2x the number of chromosomes in a diploid cell

Question 7

n

Answer 7

represents the haploid number of chromosomes

(number of chromosomes in a haploid cell)

Question 8

How many chromosomes does a zygote have?

Answer 8

46

Question 9

Organisms that reproduce sexually have special somatic cells known as __?

Answer 9

primary sex cells

Question 10

the diploid number in humans is

Answer 10

46 or 2n

Question 11

the haploid number in humans is

Answer 11

23 or n

Question 12

What is a germ cell

Answer 12

Specialized somatic cells that will produce gametes

a cell that undergoes meiosis to produce gametes

Question 13

Stem cells

Answer 13

Cells with no particular function that will develop a function (ex: embryonic stem cells)

Question 14

Zygote

what does it get? what is it? 2n or n?

Answer 14

a fertilized egg = 2n (half of chromosomes from math, half from dad)