Meiosis Vocab

Haploid reproductive (sex) cells (sperm and egg).

• Gametes

• Somatic cells

• Germ cells

haploid cells produced during meiosis in the female of many species; these cells have little more than DNA and eventually disintegrate

• Ovum

• Polar Bodies

• Sperm

• Body Cells

Having only one chromosome of each type.

• Diploid

• 2n

• 4n

• Haploid

fusion or combination of an egg and sperm cell

• Fertilization

• Synapsis

• Crossing Over

• Spindle

Pair of chromosomes that are similar in size, shape, and genetic content.

• Homologous

• Haploid

• No ploid

• Diploid

Referring to the total number of chromosomes in a species; having two sets of chromosomes.

• Haploid

• Diploid

• Multiploid

A sex cell that contains the haploid number of chromosomes and is formed by meiosis.

• Gamete

• Somatic Cell

• Skin Cell

• Liver Celll

Body cells; make up most of your body tissues and organs

• Somatic cell

• Gamete

• Daughter cell

• sister chromatid

Two chromosomes - one from the mother and one from the father - that have the same length and general appearance

• Homologous chromosome

• Autosome

• Sex chromosome

• gamete

Chromosomes 1 through 22; chromosomes that contain genes for characteristics not directly related to the sex of an organism.

• Homologous chromosome

• Autosome

• Sex chromosome

• gamete