SEXUAL REPRODUCTION AND MEIOSIS Flashcards

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SEXUAL REPRODUCTION PRODUCES (…)

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GENETICALLY DIFFERENT CELLS

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SEXUAL REPRODUCTION FANCY DENFITION IS…

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SEXUAL REPRODUCTION INVOLES THE FUSION OF MALE AND FEMALE GAMETES, BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO PARENTS, THE OFFSPRING CONTAIN A MIXTURE OF THEIR PARENTS GENES

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SEXXUAL REPRODUCTION IS WHERE GENETIC INFORMATION FROM TWO ORGANISMS (…° IS COMBINED TO PRODUCE (…) WHICH ARE (…) TO EITHER PARENT

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A FATHER AND A MOTHER/OFFSPRING/GENETICALLY DIFFERENT

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IN SEXUAL REPRODUCTION THE MOTHER AND THE FATHER PRODUCE (…)

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GAMETES

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WHAT ARE GAMETES

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GAMETES ARE SPERM CELLS AN,D EGG CELLS

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GAMETES ARE HAPLOID, THIS MEANS…

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THEY HAVE HALF THE NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES IN A NORMA CELL

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EACH GAMETE CONTAINS (…) CHROMOSOMES, SO THE HAPLOID NUMBER IS (…)

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23/23

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AT FERTILISATION…

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A MALE GAMETE FUSES WITH A FEMALE GAMETE TO FORM A ZYGOTE (FERTILISED EGGS) THE ZYGOTE ENDS UP WITH THE FULL SET OF CHROMOSOMES

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THE ZYGOTE THAN DIVIDES BY MITOSIS AND DEVELOPS INTO AN (…)

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EMBRYO

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THE EMBRYO INHERITS FEATURES FROM BOTH PARENTS BECAUSE…

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IT HAS RECIEVED A MIXTURE OF CHROMOSOMES FROM ITS MUM AND DAD

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THE FERTILISATION OF GAMETES IS RANDOM, THIS PRODUCESS (…)

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GENETIC VARIATION IN THE OFFSPRING

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GAMETES ARE PRODUCED BY (…)

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MEIOSIS

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MEIOSIS IS ANOTHER TYPE OF CELL DIVISION, ITS DIFFERENT FROM MITOSIS BECAUSE (…)

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IT DOESNT PRODUCE IDENTICAL CELLS, IT HAPPENS IN THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS (OVARIES AND TESTES)

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MEIOSIS PRODUCES (…)

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FOUR HAPLOID CELLS WHOSE CHROMOSOMES ARE NOT IDENTICAL

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