Cell Division

a cell with one copy of each chromosome (n)

• meiosis

• chromosome

• diploid

• haploid

tightly coiled DNA that contains the genetic code

• meiosis

• chromosome

• diploid

• haploid

cell with two of each kind of chromosome (2n)

• meiosis

• chromosome

• diploid

• haploid

type of nuclear division that produces 4 haploid daughter cells that are all genetically different

• meiosis

• chromosome

• diploid

• haploid

a picture of a cell's chromosomes

• sister chromatids

• centromere

• homologous chromosomes

• karyotype

cell structure that joins chromatids of a chromosome

• sister chromatids

• centromere

• homologous chromosomes

• karyotype

paired chromosomes with genes for the same traits (one inherited from mom and the other from dad)

• sister chromatids

• centromere

• homologous chromosomes

• karyotype

identical halves of the duplicated chromosome joined together by a centromere

• gametes

• sister chromatids

• centromere

• homologous chromosomes

egg and sperm (sex cells)

• gametes

• sister chromatids

• centromere

• homologous chromosomes

Cells divide for which of the following reasons(s)?

• for growth and repair

• when the cell becomes to large to efficiently take in and remove substances

• as a method of reproduction in unicellular organisms

• to produce gametes

• all of the above