Cellular Reproduction
Mitosis
Meiosis
Patterns of Inheritance
Terms
100
The time from when a cell is first formed through its own division
What is the cell cycle
100
The division of the cytoplasm
What is cytokinesis
100
when crossing over occurs
What is Prophase 1
100
The transmission of traits from one generation to the next
What is heredity
100
The genetic make-up of a trait is a person's :
What is genotype
200
The % of time a cell spends in interphase
What is 90
200
The phase when chromosomes are lined up at the center of the cell
What is metaphase
200
the phase where sister chromatid are separated producing 4 haploid cells
What is anaphase 2 during meiosis 2
200
Different variants of a character
What are traits
200
The physical appearance of traits
What is phenotype
300
A long DNA molecule containing 1000s of genes
What is a chromosome
300
The "little fingers" that separate sister chromatid during anaphase
What is the mitotic spindle
300
the phase when 2 chromosomes of a homologous pair are segregated into 2 haploid daughter cells
What is anaphase 1/ meiosis 1
300
Different variants of a gene pair
What are alleles
300
When someone has a recessive allele for a disorder but they appear normal
What is a carrier
400
Holds sister chromatid together
What is a centromere
400
The phase when everything in the cell is doubled
What is interphase
400
The division of meiosis that changes the cells from diploid to haploid
What is the 1st division (meiosis 1)
400
When two alleles are the same they are called
What is homozygous
400
The additive effect of 2 or more genes
What is polygenic inheritance
500
fibers composed of DNA and protein that form chromosomes
What is Chromatin
500
The creation of 2 new nuclei
What is telophase
500
The number of chromosomes each parent passes to their offspring
What is 23 or "n"
500
When two alleles of a pair are different they are called
What is heterozygous
500
composed of nucleic acids wrapped in a protein coat
What is a virus
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