Meiosis/Alleles

Which process and type of resulting cells are represented?

• mitosis, gametes
• mitosis, body cells
• meiosis, gametes
• meiosis, body cells

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Which of the following produces identical nuclei in cells?

• pollination
• mitosis
• osmosis
• fertilization

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Which of the following cell types is formed by meiosis?

• muscle cells
• skin cells
• sperm cells
• blood cells

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Which process is necessary for the inherited traits of an organism to be passed along by sexual reproduction?

• mitosis
• meiosis
• mutation
• fission

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Which statement correctly describes meiosis?

• cells divide only once
• meiosis does not occur in reproductive cells
• the cells produced at the end of meiosis are genetically identical to the parent cell
• The cells produced at the end of meiosis contain half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell

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Which best describes the process shown?

• mutation in which the DNA content of the gene is ltered
• segregation of sister chromatids
• condensation and segregation of the alleles
• crossing-over which alleles are exchanged

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If an intestinal cell in a butterfly contains 24 chromosomes, a butterfly egg would contain

• 3
• 6
• 12
• 24

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Mitosis is essential to life because it

• contains four stages for gametes
• maintains genetic continuity from one generation to the next
• controls cell functions
• provides energy for cell

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A segment of DNA that codes for a trait

• gene

• allele

• chromosome

• chromatid

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an observable characteristic

• trait

• gene

• allele

• DNA

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