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Meiosis and Mitosis
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| sexual reproduction | 2 parents. Product of haploid sex cells. |
| diploid cells | cell with 2 kind of each chromosomes. 1 from mom and 1 from dad.2n |
| haploid cells | 1 type of chromosome. n |
| sperm | male gamete |
| egg | female gamete |
| fertilization | process of egg and sperm fusing together to form a diploid zygote |
| meiosis | formation of haploid gametes |
| meiosis | females 1 egg 3 polar bodies male 4 sperm cells |
| mitosis | asexual reproduction |
| meiosis | 2 divisons |
| mitosis | 1 divison |
| interphase | copying of dna |
| prophase | nucleolous disappears and nucleus breaks dividsion begins |
| metaphase | all chromosomes align to the middle |
| anaphase | chromosomes split in half and are pulled to the poles of the cells |
| telophase | new cells begining to form. nucleus and nucleolous reappear |
| cytokenisis | product of cells. mitosis 2 meiosis 4 |