Meiosis and Genetics Flashcards
What is a genome? what cell is it associated with? What else is it called?
- total amount of DNA in a prokaryotic cell or gamete.
What is a genome also called? Why?
- It is called the haploid gene because it refers to one complete set of genetic instructions from the
What about Genome size?
- It varies but higher organisms have about the same number
How are genomes organized, what does it depend on ?
- They are organized depending on the type of organism they are in.
How are the genomes of eukaryotes divided?
What are they called?
What is a single set called?
- The genome of eukaryotes are divided into piceise
Those picese are called chromosomes - A single set of chromosomes is called a haploid set
Is each chromosome a different or the same set of genes?
- each chromosome is a different set of genes
What does the x represent?
- The x represents chromatid strands
What protein is DNA associated with? Orientation?
- Histones
- DNA is wrapped around the histones
What does the wrapping of the DNA with histones do?
How does affect DNA Transcription?
What is this study called?
- Helps keep it compact
- If wrapped to tightly, it would be harder to read DNA
- This can regulate gene expression ( what is turned off and on
- This study is called epigenetics
What is a haploid? Location?
- One complete set of chromosomes is a “genome.”
- Found in sperm and eggs
What is a Diploid? Location?
- What are all of our body cells?
- Two complete sets of chromosomes
- Typical of cells produced by fertilization
- All of our body cells are diploid
What is sex?
What unites?
- the uniting of two genomes
What does n mean
- n means haploid
What does 2 n mean?
- 2n means diploid cell
What are the two types of cell divison
my toe sis ( toe
- me oh sis
What is Mitosis
Where does it occur
Is it identical to the daughter cell
Is it involved in sexual reproduction?
- My toe sis occurs in the body
- Daughter cells are GENTICALLY IDENTICAL to mother cells
- My toe sis is not involved in sexual reproduction ( toes aren’t involved in sex
What is Meosis
Where does it occur
Is it identical to the daughter cell?
Is it involved in sexual reproduction?
- Me oh shis occurs in progenitors of gametes ( sperm n eggs)
- Daughter are GENTICALLY DIFFERENT from mother cells
- Me Oh SHIS is involved in sexual reproduction. ( think of this as an orgasm 😩
What are the mitosis steps, before the actual mitosis step? ( interphase)
- G1
- S phase
- G2
- M
What happens in the G1 phase of mitosis?
- the cell grows and makes proteins for DNA replication
What happens during the S phase of mitosis
- The cell copies DNA, has 2 sets of chromosomes
What happens during the G2 Phase of mitosis?
- Prepares for mitosis, makes more proteins and organelles
What is the m phase in mitosis
- Mitosis
- Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase and cytokines
Prophase
- spindle fibers start forming
(M)etaphase
Chromosome lines up in the (m)iddle of the cell