Chromosomes
Cell Division
Mitosis
Genetics
Meiosis
100
Tightly coiled DNA molecules and their associated proteins
What is a chromosome?
100

Cells spend 90% of their life in this phase of the cell cycle

What is interphase?

100
Nuclear membrane breaks down.
What is mitosis?
100
Father of genetics
Who is Gregor Mendel?
100
Photomicrograph of the chromosomes in a dividing cell
What is karyotyping?
200

Chromosomes are visible during this stage of the cell cycle

What is M phase (cellular division)?

200
Two types of cell division.
What is mitosis and meiosis?
200
4 phases of mitosis. (In order)
What is prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase?
200
Law that states that factors for different characteristics are distributed to gametes independently
What is the law of independent assortment?
200

Meiosis occurs in this type of cell

What is a gamete?

300

Humans have this many chromosomes

What is 46?

300
Repeating set of events that make up the life of a cell.
What is cell cycle?
300
Nuclear membrane breaks down and disappears.
What is prophase?
300

The different form of a gene are known as this

What is an allele?

300

Genetic variation occurs in this stage of meiosis

What is prophase 1?

400
Chromosomes are constricted together at ____.
What is a centromere?
400
2 parts of cell cycle
What is interphase and cell division?
400
The chromatids separate from the centromere and go towards opposite poles.
What is anaphase?
400
Type of dominance in which 2 or more alleles influence the phenotype.
What is incomplete dominance?
400
Meiosis results in this many daughter cells

What is 4?

500
Half the number of chromosomes that are present in diploid cells.
What is haploid cells?
500
Offspring cells grow to mature size.
What is G1 Phase?
500
A pinching inwards of the cell membrane.
What is cytokinesis?
500
Type of dominance in which the which both phenotypes are shared in the offspring
What is codominance?
500
The failure to separate.
What is nondisjunction?