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Bio 105
Chapters 1-18
| When constructing a Punnett square, the symbols on the outside of the boxes represent _______, while those inside the boxes represent _______ | gamete, progeny |
| During which part of meiosis (meiosis I or meiosis II) do the two alleles of a gene separate? During which phase does the separation occur? | meosis I, anaphase |
| nondisjunction | Nondisjunction refers to the failure of pairs of chromosomes or sister chromatids to separate during meiosis or mitosis. |
| polyploid | Polyploid individuals have more than two complete sets of chromosomes. |
| allele | alternative version of a gene, such as a purple or white flower |
| What process is responsible for the independent assortment of alleles? | The role of meiosis is to separate homologous chromosomes and their respective alleles, which are assorted in an independent manner. |
| Mendel's second law of independent assortment has its basis in which of the following events of meiosis | arrangement of chromosome pairs at the equator |
| What can we observe in order to visualize Mendel's Law of Segregation? | homologous chromosomes separating during meiosis I |
| Most plants and animals reproduce this way | mitosis |
| True/False. Cells in the body are healed by cell division | True |
| Crossing-over occurs during | prophase 1 |
| Mutant tetraploid plants _____. | are unable to interbreed with a diploid plant |
| Which of the following results in a situation in which the chromosome number is either 2n+1 or 2n-1 ? | aneuploidy |
| enzyme that unwinds DNA | Helicases unwind the DNA at the replication fork and separate the two template DNA strands for copying. |
| Short segments of newly synthesized DNA are joined into a continuous strand by _____. | ligase |