Meiosis Study Guide

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1. How can you determine meiotic phases by looking at a picture of

them? What are some distinguishing characteristics of each phase?
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2. How many daughter cells result from meiosis? Are they haploid or diploid?

3. Which kinds of cells undergo meiosis?

4. What is crossing over? When does it occur?

5. What is the purpose of meiosis?

6. What are the differences between meiosis and mitosis?

7. How can you determine how many chromosomes will be within a haploid cell
if you know the diploid number?

Meiosis Study Guide

8. What are the differences between meiosis I and meiosis II?

9. Are sperm and egg cells identical to the parent cell?

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What is the difference between a parent cell and a daughter cell?

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What are homologous chromosomes?

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What is synapsis? When does it occur?

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What is the difference between chromosomes and chromatids?

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What are gametes? What are zygotes?

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What is spermatogenesis? What is oogenesis? What are the results of
each process?