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Meiosis & Mitosis
Alexis Caldwell Step 16
Question | Answer |
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What is sexual reproduction? | The combining of two unquie genetic material to make an offspring. |
What is an egg? | It is the females sex cell and is located in the ovary. |
What is a sperm? | It is the males sex cell and is located in the testis. |
What is fertilization? | It is the of a sperm cell and an egg cell combining. |
What is a zygote? | It is the cell that forms during fertilization. |
What is a diploid? | It is a that has pairs of chromosomes. |
What is a homologous chromosome? | It is pairs of chromosomes that have genes for the same traits in the same exact order. |
What is a haploid? | It is a cell that has only one chromosome from a pair. |
What is meiosis? | It is the process of one diploid cell dividing into four haploid sex cells. |
What is uncoiled stringy DNA called? | Chromatin |
Are chromosome in meiosis all exactly the same? | No |
What kind of cell and how many of them are in telophase II? | Four haploid cells |
What is cancer? | It is when there is a disruption in the cell cycle and the cell just keeps making more cells. |
What is Tubulin? | It is the individual protein molecules in microtubules. |
What is a microtubuler? | It is another word for spindle fibers. |
What is tissue culture ? | It is cells that are grown in a lab. |