Meiosis Flashcards
What are the advantages of sexual reproduction
It produces differences and variations in offspring
What is the female gamete
The egg, it us generally linger and nonmotile
What is the male gamete
The sperm, generally smaller and motile
What is fertilization
the fusion of sperm and egg
What are homologous pairs
They have the same size, shape , and same characteristics/traits
What is a diploid
A somatic cell that are all the cells of an organism except the sex cells
Where can you find diploid
In homologous chromosomes
What is a haploid
The gametes, or sex cells
What is a gamete
A sex cell
Were do haploids not have
Homologous pairs
What is meiosis
Reduction and division
What does sexual reproduction need
Both a male and female
What happens in prophase
Synapsis
What is synapsis
The pairing process of homologous chromosomes
What is a tertrad
Chromosome pairs containing 4 chromosomes
