Cells & Chromosomes
Haploid cells involved in sexual reproduction
What are gametes?
What is metaphase I?
Diploid product of fertilization
What is a zygote?
Homologous chromosomes exchange genes during this process in prophase I
What is crossover?
Diploid cells that produce haploid cells
What are germ cells?
Process that produces only one viable haploid cell after two rounds of cell division
What is oogenesis?
Chromosomes that contain the same genes but not necessarily the same alleles
What are homologous chromosomes?
A major similarity between anaphase in mitosis and anaphase II of meiosis
What is the separation of sister chromatids?
If an organism had a haploid life cycle, and the zygote contained 24 chromosomes, then THIS is the number of chromosomes in the rest of this organism's cells
What is 12?
A term to describe the primary goal for meiosis
What is chromosomal reduction?