Physiology of Reproduction: Gametogenesis and Female Cycles Flashcards
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Define haploid complement (n)
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Haploid complement (n)
- Having only one set of chromosomes (n), in contrast to diploid (2n)
- Known as a gamate (reproductive cell)
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Define gametogenesis
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Gametogenesis
- Is the process of gamate formation which involves nuclear division by meiosis, resulting in a haploid (half the number of chromostomes)
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Define homologous chromosomes
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Homologous Chromosomes
- A cell that has two sets of chromosomes (2n), one from the mother and the other from the father
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Define zygote
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Zygote
- __A fertilized egg
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Define diploid (2n)
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Diploid (2n)
- Having two sets of chromosomes (2n)
- Body cells
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Define mitosis
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Mitosis
- Somatic (body) cell division; nuclear division in which the duplicated chromosomes separate to form two genetically identical daughter nuclei
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Define meiosis
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Meiosis:
- A type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell,
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Define meiosis I
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Meiosis I
- The first round of cell division in meiosis
- Referred to as “reduction division” because homologous chromosomes separate, and the daughter cells have only the haploid number of chromosomes
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Define meiosis II
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Meiosis II
- The second round of division in meiosis, during which two haploid cells from meiosis I undergo a mitosis like division without DNA replication to produce four haploid daughter cells
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Define stem cell
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Stem cell
- an undifferentiated cell of a multicellular organism that is capable of giving rise to indefinitely more cells of the same type, and from which certain other kinds of cell arise by differentiation
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When does DNA replication occur?
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DNA replication occurs in the S phase of the cell cycle.
(Prior to mitosis and meiosis)
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Define spermatogonium.
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Spermatogonium
- Stem cells (2n) which originates in the wall of the seminiferous tubules and eventually divides into two primary spermatocytes (2n)
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Define spermatogenesis.
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Spermatogenesis
- “Human sperm production”
- The process of gametogenesis in males which occurs in the seminiferous tubules
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Define primary spermatocyte.
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Primary spermatocyte
- Originated from spermatogonium through mitosis
- Primary spermatocytes are diploid (2N) cells containing 46 chromosomes.
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Define secondary spermatocyte
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Secondary Spermatocyte
- Primary spermatocytes (2n) that undergo meiosis to become haploid (n)
- Secondary spermatocytes are haploid (N) cells that contain 23 chromosomes.
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Define spermatids
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Spermatids
- an _immature male sex cel_l formed from a secondary spermatocyte that can develop into a spermatozoa without further division