Picturing the Phases
Confusing C Words
Uniqueness of Phases
Meiosis Vocabulary
100
Metaphase 1
100
The region where sister chromatids are closest together
Centromere
100
Microtubules attach to kinetochores on homologous chromosomes
Metaphase 1
100
2 complete sets/copies of chromosomes.
Diploid
200
Anaphase 2
200
Complex of DNA and histone proteins.
Chromatin
200
Homologous chromosomes separate
Anaphase 1
200
Pairs of chromosomes that carry matching genes
Homologous Chromosomes
300
Telophase 2
300
Protein that holds sister chromatids together
Cohesin
300
The phase where tetrads form
Prophase 1
300
A group of 4 chromatids
Tetrad
400
Prophase 1
400
Process where non-sister chromatids exchange genetic information
Crossing over
400
The phase where 2 (duplicated) haploid cells are produced
Telophase 1/Cytokinesis (occurs simultaneously)
400
Process where homologous chromosomes pair up. They align gene for gene.
Synapsis
500
Anaphase 1
500
Place where chromosomes cross over in Meiosis' Prophase 1
Chiasmata
500
Step when cohesin is inactivated in Mitosis and Meiosis
Mitosis: Anaphase
Meiosis: Anaphase 2
500
Proteins that hold homologous chromosomes together where they need to Forms when the tetrad arises.
Synaptonemal Complex
