Chapter 8 Flashcards
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The process of reducing diploid to haploid
meiosis
The 4 stages of mitosis:
Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase
The cell cycle consists of:
3 phases of interphase, mitosis, and cytokinesis
Chromosomes are only visible during___
cell division
Interphase occurs how many times during meiosis?
One
Another name for body cells is:
Somatic cells
Name for egg formation
Oogenesis
name for sperm formation is
Spermatogenesis
In males meiosis produce how many cells at a time?
Four
The nucleus appears during…
Telophase
The process by which cells reproduce…
Cell division
Why is sexual reproduction important?
Genetic Variation
During Which phase of interphase does the cell double its organelles?
G1
Form between centrioles to help chromosomes move during mitosis.
Spindle fibers
Another name for sperm and egg cells.
Gametes
Diploid number for human.
46
HPLOID NUMBER FOR HUMANS
23
Sperm + Egg =
Zygote
Another name for an egg
Ootid
DNA replicates.
S phase
Pairs of chromosomes
Homoglous pairs.
Full set of chromosomes
Diploid/2N
Half the number of chromosomes
Haploid/N
The division of the nucleus in which each new cell a copy of chromosomes.
Mitosis
