What are your features

which are similar to your

parents?
Do you look like your brother?
sister?
Why? Why not?
How many chromosomes do
humans have?

46
or 23
pairs
What is another term for
sex cell?

gametes
What kind of cell division occurs
in sex cell or gametes?

Meiosis
THINK:
▪ Why do you share some
but not all characters
of each parent?
▪ What are the rules of
this sharing of the
characteristics?
A cell division that gives rise
to four daughter cells having
half number of chromosome
with that of the parent cell.
 ▪Refer to chromosomes that each
homologous have a corresponding
chromosome from the opposite-
sex parent

crossing- ▪Process in which homologous

over chromosomes exchange portions
of their chromatids during meiosis
chromatid ▪One of the two identical sisters

▪Granular material visible within

chromatin
the nucleus

tetrad ▪Consists of four chromatids

Chromosome Numbers
No. of
chromosome
diploid (2n)
sets of
homologous
chromosomes
Mitosis Meiosis
Parent cell –
chromosome pair

Chromosomes
copied

1st division - pairs

split

2nd division – produces 4

gamete cells with ½ the
original no. of chromosomes
▪SYNAPSIS -Pairing up of
homologous chromosomes
to form tetrad
▪CROSSING-OVER exchange
of genetic material between
homologous pairs
▪Spindle fibers attach to
the chromosomes
▪ tetrads line up across
the center of the cell
▪ The fiber pull the
homologous
chromosomes toward
opposite ends of the cell
▪ The fiber pull the
homologous chromosomes
toward opposite ends of the
cell
▪ Meiosis I results in two haploid
daughter cells
▪ Each with the half the number
of chromosomes as the original
cell
▪ Chromosomes line up
in a similar way to the
metaphase stage of
mitosis
▪ Sister chromatids
separate and move toward
opposite ends of the cell
▪ Four haploid
daughter cells are
formed
 Basis of
Comparison
Mitosis Meiosis

No. of daughter cells

2 4
Type of cell where it Body/
occurs somatic cell Sex cell

Set of chromosomes in
a parent cell diploid diploid

Set of chromosomes in
daughter cell diploid haploid
Gametogenesis
Formation of gametes

Oogenesis Spermatogenesis

Formation Formation
of egg/ of sperm
ovum
Spermatogenesis

Meiosis I

Meiosis
II
Oogenesis

Meiosis I

Meiosis
II
Spermatogenesis
& Oogenesis
Twins ▪ Two offspring
formed from
same
pregnancy
▪ May or may
not be alike or
of the same
gender
▪ don’t look alike Two eggs,
fertilized at
▪ came from two the same time
by two
separate egg cells different
sperms.
▪ have different
genetic make – up develop into two
very different
▪ two entirely individuals

different A boy and a girl

individuals or
two girls
▪ more common type
or
of twins
two boys
 One fertilized egg
divides into two cells

that separate,
grow
and
develop into two
nearly identical
individuals

two girls
or
two boys
Boy or Girl? The Y
Chromosome
“Decides”
 ACTIVITY (Day 1)

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FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
in MODULE 4.3 (Day 1; 1pm
onwards)

SUMMATIVE
ASSESSMENT in
MODULE 4.3 (Day 2)
MENDELIAN INHERITANCE