Meiosis Vocabulary Review

Cell division that produces sex cells with half the number of chromosomes as the parent's cell

• Mitosis

• Anatomy

• Mutation

• Meiosis

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Cells contain two complete sets of chromosomes

• Chromosome

• Diploid

• Animal Cell

• Haploid

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Contains only one complete set of chromosomes

• Diploid

• Analogous

• Haploid

• Homologous

threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes

• RNA

• plama membrane

• nucleus

• chromosome

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male or female sex cell which unites with another of the opposite sex during sexual reproduction

• body cell

• somatic cell

• eukaryotic cell

• gamete cell

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a pair of chromosomes [one maternal and one paternal] that contain the same genes

• homologous chromosomes

• non-homologous chromosomes

• crossing Over

• nondisjunction

identical chromosomes formed by DNA replication, with both copies joined together by a common centromere; one-half of the duplicated chromosome

• centrosome

• DNA

• sister chromatids

• RNA

the failure of a pair of homologous chromosomes or sister chromatids to separate normally during cell division,

• Meiosis 1

• nondisjunction

• crossing over

• Meiosis 2

The original cell before division (mitosis or meiosis)

• parent cell

• daughter cell

• prokaryotic cell

• eukaryotic cell

the products cell(s) after mitosis/meiosis is complete

• Parent cell

• Eukaryotic Cell

• Daughter cell

• Somatic Cell

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