Exercise 15 - Meiosis lab exercise

In what type of cell does meiosis occur?_________________________________

If meiosis stopped in your body, what effects would you see? Which cells would
not be directly affected?

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What is a gamete, and why does a gamete have half the number of chromosomes
as a normal body cell?

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What might be the effect if an organism inherited more than the normal number of
chromosomes?

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Are homologous chromosomes identical? Explain your answer.

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What events in meiosis do not happen in mitosis?

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What is an allele? List alleles for three human traits.

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sketch an animal cell having four chromosomes moving through each phase of
meiosis. Label each phase and note the events that happen only in meiosis.

Meiosis 1

Meiosis 2

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What events happen only in prophase 1?__________________________________

How does meiotic anaphase 1 differ from mitotic anaphase?_________________

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How does meiotic anaphase 2 differ from mitotic anaphase?_________________

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When during meiosis does a cell become haploid?

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Where does meiosis occur in plants?

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Synapsis occurs after chromosomal DNA has replicated. How many chromatids
are involved in crossing-over of a homologous pair of chromosomes?

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If a nucleus has eight chromosomes when it begins meiosis, how many

chromosomes does it have after telophase I? Telophase II?

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What are the major differences between the events of meiosis and mitosis?

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