Introduction

Question 1

Gametogenesis the production of gametes occurs in ____.

Answer 1

Gonads

Question 2

T/F. In gametogenesis, somatic haploid chromosomal complement is halved to the diploid number of a mature gamete in such a way as to ensure that each gamete contains one member of each pair of chromosomes.

Answer 2

False. Somatic - diploid; mature gametes - haploid

Question 3

The reduction in chromosomal number during gametogenesis is achieved by what process?

Answer 3

Meiotic cell division

Question 4

What process restores the diploid number in the fertilized egg?

Answer 4

Fertilization/fusion of sperm and egg

Question 5

Uniqueness of each gamete produced during gametogenesis is achieve through what processes?

Answer 5

Random segregation of maternal and paternal homologues

Recombination during the prophase of the first meiotic division

Question 6

This process involves the exchange of DNA between maternal and paternal chromosomes.

Answer 6

Recombination

Question 7

T/F. Meiotic cell division is found only in the gonads and is thus less readily studies than mitosis.

Answer 7

True.

Question 8

T/F. Eggs are more accessible than sperm and therefore most human information relates to female meiosis.

Answer 8

False. Sperm - more accessible; most human information relates to male meiosis.

Question 9

Much of the prophase of female meiosis is completed in ____ and thus can only be studies in the fetus.

Answer 9

embryonic development