Meiosis Vocabulary

The human body has 23 pairs; for each homologous pair one comes from each parent.

• Sister chromatids

• Chromosome

• Body Cells

• Gene

A heritable factor that controls a specific characteristic

• genome

• chromsome

• gamete

• gene

Gametes contain a single set of chromosomes are are called _____ cells.

• haploid

• diploid

• bivalent

• chromosome

Sister chromatids separate and result in four haploid daughter cells.

• Metaphase II

• Telophase I

• Meiosis I

• Meiosis II

When homologous chromosomes fail to separate resulting in aneuploidy

• Independent assortment

• Synapsis

• Non-disjunction

• Disjunction

Replicated forms of each homologous chromosome; joined by a centromere

• Mitosis

• Trisomy

• Sister chromatids

• Homologous chromosomes

During synapsis in meiosis I pairs of homologous chromosomes come together and form ____ also called _____.

Select the options that increase genetic diversity during sexual reproduction.

• Mitosis

• Crossing over

• Sister chromatids

• Independent assortment

Gene's particular position on a chromsome

• life cycle

• loci

• s phase

• telophase

Egg and sperm cell

• Gametes

• Diploid

• Gene

• Chromosomes