Meiosis and Genetic Variation Quiz

Which of the statement is false about INTERPHASE?

• Cell grows during interphase

• DNA is replicated during S-phase

• Interphase only happens in Mitosis and not Meiosis

• Interphase happens once during Meiosis

Which process makes variation / genetic diversity possible?

• None

• Both

• Mitosis

• Meiosis

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What is crossing over?

• When two homologous chromosomes transfer and exchange genetic information between themselves in Prophase I

• It is a process that occurs in Prophase II of Mitosis

• When two homologous chromosomes lie side by side and form tetrad

• When two sister chromatids transfer and exchange genetic Information in Prophase I

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How many cycles of Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase and Telophase occur in Meiosis?

• 3

• 4

• 2

• 1

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Of the following events that occur during meiosis, which contributes most to genetic diversity in the human population?

• Alignment of sister chromatids at the metaphase plate during meiosis II

• Recombination between homologous chromatids during meiosis I

• Condensation of chromatin during meiosis I

• Separation of sister chromatids during meiosis II

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Which of the following correctly describes meiosis?

• Meiosis begins with a haploid parent cell and ends with two haploid daughter cells

• Meiosis begins with a diploid parent cell and ends with four haploid daughter cells

• Meiosis begins with a diploid parent cell and ends with two diploid daughter cells

• Meiosis begins with a haploid parent cell and ends with four haploid daughter cells

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If an organism has an N number of 10 chromosomes (haploid # of 10), how many chromosomes are in a somatic cell (body cell) of this organism (what is the diploid #)?

• 20

• 40

• 100

• 5

Which one of the following is a way that Mitosis is different from Meiosis?

• Both b and c are correct

• Meiosis results in 2 daughter cells, while Mitosis produces 4 daughter cells

• Meiosis results in 4 daughter cells, while Mitosis produces 2 daughter cells

• Cells produced by meiosis are all genetically different

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Homologous chromosomes contain genes that code for the same traits, but they carry different versions (alleles) of these genes.

• True

• False

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Homologous chromosomes pair up side-by-side in tetrads along the middle of the cell during what kind of cell division?

• Meiosis

• Mitosis

• Both

• Neither

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