Meiosis/Mitosis
A pneumonic for remembering the phases of Mitosis
What is PMAT ?
What is interphase / What is the cell cycle?
The trait that is only expressed when the genotype is homozygous recessive
What is a recessive trait?
The phase where chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell
What is metaphase?
The name for a fertilized egg
What is a zygote?
The cell reproduction of sperm and egg
What is meiosis?
The reproduction of body cells
What is mitosis?
B=brown b=blue
The possible genotypes for a brown eyed individual?
What is Bb or BB?
The part of the chromosome that attaches to the spindle fibres
What are centromeres?
Gregor Mendel used these to experiment with genetics.
What are pea plants?
The process where the daughter cells are identical to the parent cells.
What is mitosis?
The unorganized, uncondensed form of DNA
What is chromatin?
A genotype when there is one copy of each trait
What is heterozygous?
The "pulling apart" phase of mitosis / meiosis
What is Anaphase?
The male and female gonads
What are testes and ovaries?
The number of cells created in Meiosis
What is 4?
The phase of meiosis where no additional DNA replication takes place
What is Meiosis II?
A picture of an organisms chromosomes arranged by their size / number
What is a karyotype?
The cytoplasm splitting phase of mitosis / meiosis?
What is cytokinesis?
The passage ways for sperm from the testicles to urethra?
The kind of cells created during mitosis
What is a diploid?
The kind of cells produced during meiosis? (2 part answer)
What are eggs and sperm / haploids ?
The molecule containing genes (full name + acronym)
What is deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)?
The part of mitosis / meiosis where DNA replication takes place (2 part answer)
What is S phase of interphase?
During mensuration, if not fertilization in females occurs, this organ will shed it's lining
What is a cervix?