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Meiosis - Sexual Reproduction Flashcards

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Asexual reproduction definition

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reproduction requiring only one parent and leads to the production of genetically identical offspring

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sexual reproduction definition

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reproduction involving two parents and leads to the production of genetically distinct offspring

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What are male and female reproductive cells called?

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gametes

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haploid chromosome state

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the reproductive cells that contain 23 unpaired chromosomes

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diploid cells chromosome state

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diploid cells are somatic, they have 23 paired chromosomes

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Examples of gametes

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haploid sperm, haploid egg(ovum)

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somatic cell examples

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brain cells, skeletal muscle, gut, skin, heart

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Fertilization

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(sperm + egg)

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zygote definition

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fertilized egg that starts as a single cell but then undergoes mitosis and becomes an embryo

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sperm and egg ‘n’ things

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sperm (n) + ovum(n) = Zygote (2n)

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ploidy

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the number of chromosome sets in a cell

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How do mitosis and meiosis relate to ploidy?

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Mitosis preserves ploidy and meiosis halves ploidy

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What are the two outcomes of meiosis?

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Genetic reduction and then genetic recombination

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What is genetic reduction?

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when the daughter cells with 1/2 the number of chromosomes in the parent cell are the result

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what is genetic recombination?

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the productions of meiosis have different combinations of alleles. This creates genetically different offspring from one another and from their parents.

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What are the 3 main steps of meiosis?

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Interphase, meiosis I and meiosis II

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What happens in interphase in meiosis?

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  • the preparation for division (DNA replication like in mitosis)
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what happens in meiosis I

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it is also called reduction

  • converts a diploid 2n cell into 2 haploid cells
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what happens during meiosis II

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the cell separates the contents of the two

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What are the divisions of interphase in meiosis?

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G1, S, and G2

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What is the form of DNA in Interphase in meiosis

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chromatin

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What happens during S phase in meiosis?

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There is a duplication of DNA - NOT CHROMOSOMES

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If a cell is 2n = 6, what is the result?

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6 chromosomes and 6 DNA molecules AND THEN 12 DNA molecules and 6 chromosomes + dupliation of centrosomes
- the spindle fibers begin to grow out from centrosomes
- the nucleolus and nuclear membrane are still present

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Synapsis

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the pairing of two chromosomes that occurs during meiosis

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where does crossing over occur?

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chiasma (chiasmata)

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What is crossing over?

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segments of chromosomes changing

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oogenesis definition

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the production of eggs or ova

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where does oogenesis take place?

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the ovaries of females

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what does oogenesis begin with

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a diploid cell called an oogonium

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Describe maturation process for the ovum

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  • before birth, the oogonia reproduce by mitosis, and they begin meiosis but stop at prophase I
  • meiosis I will continue for one cell each month beginning at puberty
  • involves an unequal division of cytoplasm
  • the cell that receives most of cytoplasm
    • forms a viable egg
    • contains a large amount of nutrients that will support the zygote after fertilization
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when are the final stages of meiosis of an egg completed?

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when the egg is fertilized by a sperm

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what is the smaller ovum left after meiosis II called?

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the polar body

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spermatogenesis definition -

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the production of sperm

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where does spermatogenesis take place

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in the testes of males

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what is the diploid cell called is spermatogenesis

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spermatogonium

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hen does spermatogenesis begin

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puberty

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how to spermatogonia reproduce

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by mitosis

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primary spermatocyte…

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undergo meiosis to form four haploid cells

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