The production of gametes and type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell
What is meiosis?
The identical copies formed by the DNA replication of a chromosome, with both copies joined together by a common centromere or 'one-half' of the duplicated chromosome
What are sister chromatids?
How many phases are in meiosis?
Two phases. Meiosis I & II
The phase of meiosis where crossing over occurs?
What is prophase I?
The name of the phase where DNA is synthesized
What is the S phase of interphase?
What is the result of meiosis?
4 daughter or haploid cells
A set of one maternal and one paternal chromosome that pair up with each other inside a cell during fertilization.
What are homologous chromosomes?
The phase in interphase where DNA is replicated.
What is G1 phase?