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Centromere:

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What binds together the chromatids

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Autosomal chromosomes:

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Chromosomes numbered 1-22

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Cytokinesis:

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When the daughter cells are produced

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Diploid:

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A cell with 23 chromosome pairs.

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Abbreviation for diploid

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2n

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Abbreviation for haploid

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N

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Gamete

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Sex cell/ germ cell

Sperm/egg

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Germ cell:

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Sex cell

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Haploid:

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Cell with only 23 chromosomes

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Meiosis

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Reproduction of sex cells

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Mitosis:

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Reproduction of body cells

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Somatic cells

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Cells produced by mitosis with a complete number of chromosomes.

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Tetrad

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When the four chromosomes stay very close together.

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Crossing over

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When the homologous chromosomes exchange one or more of their genes with eachother.

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14
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Zygote

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The cell formed when two sex cells (sperm and egg) unite.

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Order of mitosis stages

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Interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

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Spermatogenesis produces

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4 sperms

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Oogenesis produces

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One single egg

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Germ cell=

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Spermatogonium or oogonium

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Spermatogonium and oogonium are found

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In the body

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20
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The polar bodies produced in oogenesis don’t

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Enter the ovaries

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Start with germ cell and end with

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Sperm or egg

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Purpose of mitosis in multicellular organisms

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GRR
Grow
Replace
Repair
(Asexual Reproduction)
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Purpose of meiosis in multicellular organisms:

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Gamete production (sex cell production)
For sexual reproduction
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Number of daughter cells produced in mitosis

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Number of daughter cells produced in meiosis

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Number of chromosomes in parent cell mitosis:

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Number of chromosomes in parent cell meiosis:

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Number of chromosomes in one daughter cell mitosis:

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Number of chromosomes in one daughter cell meiosis:

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Daughter cells mitosis:

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Diploid (2n)

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Daughter cells meiosis:

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Haploid (n)

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Daughter cells genetically identical to parent in mitosis?

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Daughter cells genetically identical to eachother in mitosis?

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Daughter cells genetically identical to parent in meiosis:

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Daughter cells genetically identical to eachother in meiosis:

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First stage of cell cycle:

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What is g1

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Second stage of cell cycle

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What occurs in S

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Growth and DNA replication

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Stage 3 of cell cycle:

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What is g2

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Growth and final prep for division

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What is stage 4 of cell cycle?

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Four(or five) steps in m

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Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis

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What is the result of the cell cycle

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New daughter cells created

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What are G1,2 and S part of

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Interphase

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Which part of the m phase is not considered part of the mitotic phases?

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Cytokinesis

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When the chromosomes copy and condense they form

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Chromatids

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I’m pulling my act together

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Interphase prophase metaphase anaphase telophase

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Kinetochore:

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Specialized region on centromere that links each sister chromosome to the mitotic spindle.

50
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Another word for ovum

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Fusion of gametes=

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Fusion of gametes

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