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Chap 9 Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis Flashcards

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Asexual reproduction is relatively what?

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rare

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Which type of organisms reproduce asexually?

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single-celled

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What is required for sexual reproduction?

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meiosis

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Meiosis generates what?

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a type of cell division that generates sperm and egg cells

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Each sperm and egg cell is generally what?

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unique

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What lies at the heart of sexual reproduction?

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specialized sex cells (sperm and egg)

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Attracting a mate and producing sex cells requires what?

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a lot of energy (which is costly to the organism)

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Why is sexual reproduction worth the energy cost?

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because it can create or maintain genetic diversity

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Worms reproduce how?

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sexually or asexually

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The percent of worms producing sexually increased or decreased?

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increased dramatically

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Why did the percent of worms reproducing sexually increase?

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the genetic variable offspring were better able to survive the bacterial infections

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What are homologous chromosomes?

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matched sets

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A homologous pair of chromosomes have the same what?

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size
structure
contain the same genes

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Where do the pairs come from in homologous chromosomes?

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one chromosome from father

one chromosome from mother

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Diploid cell contain what?

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two full sets of chromosomes

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A sexually reproducing organism consists mainly of what?

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diploid cells

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Where do each chromosomes come from in diploid cells?

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one full set from each parent

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Homologous chromosomes carry the same what?

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sets of genes

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Are homologous chromosomes identical?

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no

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Why are homologous chromosomes not identical?

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the nucleotide sequence is not the same

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Each chromosome in a homologous pair has genes that are…?

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for the same traits

arranged in the same order

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Life cycles include what?

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mitosis and meiosis

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In multicellular organisms what is meiosis used for?

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reproduce sexually

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In multicellular organisms what is mitosis used for?

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to grow and develop

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Gametes are...?
haploid
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Meiosis reduces what?
number of chromosomes by half
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Hoe many chromosomes does each gamete have?
only one full set
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Gametes are only haploid cells in?
out life cycle; all other cells are diploid
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Are zygotes diploid?
yes
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What does it mean that a zygote it diploid?
they have two full sets of chromosomes, one from each gamete
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Zygotes undergo ? to develop into an adult.
mitosis
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All body cells are genetically identical to what?
the zygote
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What do haploid gametes give to offspring?
the right chromosome number
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How many chromosomes in a sperm cell?
23
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How many chromosomes in an egg cell?
23
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How many chromosomes in a zygote?
46 (23 from sperm 23 from egg)
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Meiosis and mitosis are similar, what are the similar phases each goes through?
interphase (before cell divides) prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase (during cell division) cytokinesis (at the end of cell division)
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In meiosis what replicates once?
DNA
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In meiosis what divides twice?
the nucleus
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DNA replicates during what phase?
S phase (before cell starts to divide)
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What divides in meiosis I?
germ cell
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Where is the germ cell located?
testes/ovaries
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What happens in meiosis II?
the new cells divide again without copying the DNA again
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What happens in prophase I?
spindle forms | chromosomes condense and attach to it
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What pairs up in prophase I?
homologous chromosomes
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What happens only in meiosis?
each chromosome lines up next to its homolog
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What process occurs in meiosis prophase I?
crossing over
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What happens during crossing over?
pieces of homologous chromosomes physically change places
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What happens in metaphase I?
chromosomes line up in two rows
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How are the chromosomes lined up in metaphase I?
the spindle pulls each pair of homologous chromosomes into place
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What process happens in metaphase I?
independent assortment
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What is independent assortment?
chromosomes pairs align randomly, scrambling the combination of chromosomes for each gamete
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How many types of homologous chromosomes?
two
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A genotype is made of how many pairs of chromosomes?
3
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How many possible versions of gametes are there?
8 (2^3)
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What happens in anaphase I?
spindle separates the homologous chromosomes (not the sister chromatids)
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What happens in telophase I?
chromosomes move to opposite sides of the cell, new nuclei form
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What happens in cytokinesis I?
the cell splits into two new cells
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The cells that split after cytokinesis each contain how many sets of chromosomes?
one set
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What happens in meiosis II?
like mitosis, with no DNA replication
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In meiosis II one diploid cell divides into...?
four haploid cells
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Meiosis reduces what?
the number of chromosomes by half
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Germ cells have how many sets of chromosomes?
two sets
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In total how many chromosomes do germ cells have?
four
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Gametes have how many sets of chromosomes?
one set
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In total how many chromosomes do gametes have?
two
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Random fertilization does what?
multiplies the diversity
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Describe random fertilization?
any of the mother's possible egg cells can combine with any of her mate's possible sperm cells
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What are monozygotic twins?
genetically identical
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How is an identical twin formed?
an embryo (early in development) splits in two. each embryo the develops independently
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What are dizygotic twins?
have unique DNA
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How are fraternal twins formed?
two sperm cells fertilize two separate egg cells in the same pregnancy ( the twins' DNA is no more similar than siblings that develop during separate pregnancies).
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Mitosis and meiosis have different what?
functions
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What are the functions of mitosis and meiosis?
mitosis - adds and replaces identical cells meiosis - produces haploid gametes with unique DNA
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When does nondisjunction happen?
anaphase I or anaphase II
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What does nondisjunction do in anaphase I?
causes abnormalities in all gametes (e.g. missing or extra chromosome in zygote)
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What does nondisjunction do in anaphase II?
causes some abnormalities in some of the gametes (some normal, some have missing or extra chromosome in zygote)
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Down syndrome is caused by what?
nondisjunction
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What is genetically the cause of down syndrome?
an extra copy of a chromosome (a trisomy)
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How many chromosomes too many do individuals with down syndrome have?
one extra (have three copies of chromosome 21 rather than 2)
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Which chromosome is there extra of in an individual with down syndrome?
chromosome 21

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