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Topic 4-Meiosis Flashcards

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What is a diploid cell?

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-A cell containing two of each chromosome

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What is the diploid number?

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2n

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What are alleles?

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Chromosomes that make up each pair are the same size and have the same genes although they could have different versions of those genes.

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What are homologous chromosomes?

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Pairs of matching chromosomes that are the same size but could have different alleles

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How many homologous pairs does a human have?

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23 pairs

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What is the diploid number for humans?

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46

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What are gametes?

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The sperm cells in males and egg cells in females

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Do gametes have a haploid number of cells or diploid?

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Haploid

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What is a zygote?

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-In sexual reproduction two gametes join togther in fertilisation
-It then divides and devolps into a new organism

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What happens during fertilisation?

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-A haploid sperm fuses with a haploid egg
-This makes a cell with the normal diploid number of chromosomes
-Half of these chromosomes are from the father and are from the mother

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Is fertilisation random in sexual reproduction?

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-Yes
-Any sperm cell can fertilise an egg

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What does random fertilisation produce?

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Zygotes with different combinations of chromosomes from both parents

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What is the effect of mixing genetic material in sexual reproduction?

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-Increases genetic diversity within a species

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Where does meiosis take place?

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-In the reproductive organs of multicellular eukaryotic organisms

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Cells that divide during meiosis are diploid, to begin with, but what are the cells that are formed from meiosis? Why?

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-Haploid
-The chromosome number halves

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Does meiosis in humans and mammals produce gametes directly?

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Yes

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In other organisms are gametes produced directly?

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-No
-It produces haploid cells which later divide by mitosis to become gametes

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Without meiosis what would happen when the gametes fused?

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-You would get double the number of chromosomes

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Step 1: What happens before meiosis starts?

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-The DNA unravels and replicates so there are two copies of each chromosome called chromatids
(Organelles and centrioles replicate)

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What happens during interphase 1?

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-The cell grows, organelles are produced and the cell carries out its normal functions

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How is DNA arranged in interphase?

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-Long, diffuse (spread-out) and chromosomes are not visible

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What happens during prophase 1?

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-The chromosomes condense and become fatter
-The chromosomes appear as a double structure consisting of 2 sister chromatids joined by a centromere
-Centrioles begin to migrate towards the poles
-The spindle fibres begin to form extending from the centrioles
-The nuclear membrane and nucleolus breaks down in late prophase/ early metaphase
-Homologous chromosomes come together to form a bivalent (synapsis)

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What happens during metaphase 1?

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-Centrioles reach the poles
-Microtubules extend between centrioles to form spindle fibres
-Bivalents line up on the equator and attach to the the centromere
-One homologous chromosome is attached by microtubules to one pole and the other is attached to the opposite pole

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What is the product of meiosis?

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-Four haploid cells that are genetically different from each other

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What are the two ways genetic variation is created in gametes?
-Crossing over of chromatids -Independent segregation
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When does crossing over occur?
-During prophase one
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What happens during crossing over?
-The chromosomes in each homologous chromosome pair twist around each other -Chromatids break and rejoin -The chromatids still contain the same genes but now have a different combination of alleles
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What is the result of crossing over?
-The four daughter cells formed from meiosis 2 contain chromatids with different alleles
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What happens during independent segregation?
-The homologous pair contains one maternal chromosome and one paternal chromosome -When the homologous pair is separated in meiosis 1, it is completely random which chromosome from each cell ends up in each daughter cell -So the four daughter cells produced by meiosis have completely different combinations of those maternal and paternal chromosomes
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When does independent segregation occur?
-Metaphase 1
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What happens during anaphase 1?
-Spindle fibres connected to the chromosomes contract -This causes homologous chromosomes to separate apart and are pulled to opposite poles -Sister chromatids are kept together
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What happens during telophase 1?
-spindle fibres break down -Nuclear membrane forms -around each set of chromosomes so there are 2 nuclei -Cytokinesis occurs and 2 new cells are formed when the membrane pinches inward
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What happens during prophase 2?
-The chromosomes condense and become fatter -The chromosomes appear as a double structure consisting of 2 sister chromatids joined by a centromere -Centrioles begin to migrate towards the poles -The spindle fibres begin to form extending from the centrioles -The nuclear membrane and nucleolus breaks down in late prophase/ early metaphase -Chromatids become visible
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What happens in metaphase 2?
-Centrioles reach the poles -Microtubules extend between centrioles to form spindle fibres -Bivalents line up on the equator and attach to the the centromere -One homologous chromosome is attached by microtubules to one pole and the other is attached to the opposite pole
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What happens in anaphase 2?
--Spindle fibres connected to the chromosomes contract -This causes the centromeres to divide and sister chromatids separate creating two sister chromosomes -Daughter chromosomes are pulled to opposite poles
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What happens in telophase 2?
-spindle fibres break down -Nuclear membrane forms -around each set of chromosomes so there are 2 nuclei -Cytokinesis occurs and 2 new cells are formed when the membrane pinches inward -Chromosomes uncoil to form chromatin
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What are centrioles?
-A pair of organelles that organises microtubules into spindle fibres on which chromosomes are separated when cells divide
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What is the centromere?
-The region of a chromosome that holds sister chromatids together until they are separated at the beginning of anaphase
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What is a chromatid?
-One of two identical threads of DNA that are joined at a centromere to form a complete chromosome after DNA replication -After replication they become daughter chromosomes
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What is chromatin?
-The substance that forms chromosomes consisting of DNA and associated proteins
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What is cytokinesis?
-The division of a cytoplasm immediately following telophase
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What is a diploid?
-A nucleus or cell that contains two complete sets of chomosomes one from each parent
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What is a gamete?
-A haploid sex cell resulting from meiosis and is capable of using with another gamete to form a zygote
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What is a haploid?
-A nucleus or cell with a single set of unpaid chromosomes
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What are homologous chromosomes?
-A pair of similar chromosomes (one maternal, one paternal) which pair up in meiosis 1
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What is independent assortment
-The chromosomes can align on the metaphase plate in different combinations
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What is meiosis?
-The process of cell division underlying reproduction in which one diploid cell divides to form 4 haploid daughter cells
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What are microtubules?
-Fibrous, hollow rods that function to help support and shape the cell -They also function as routes along which organelles and cytoplasm can move using olecular motors
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What are spindle fibres?
-Microtubules that form between a cells poles, coordinating the movement of chromosomes during cell divison
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What is a zygote?
-A diploid cell formed from two haploid gametes during fertilisation

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