Meiosis

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Genetics

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The specific study of hereity

Question 2

Heredity

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Passing characteristics (traits_ from parent to offspring

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Chromosomes

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Carry genes

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Gene

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A section of a chromosome that codes for a specific trait

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Allele

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Different forms of a gene

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What do alleles determine?

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An organism’s traits

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Trait

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Physical appearance

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What does “F1” stand for in biology

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First filial generation

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First filial generation

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The offspring of the original pair of organisms

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What do we call the original pair of organisms

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P/Parental generation

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How many traits did Mendel experiment for

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7

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What is the principle of dominance

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Some traits are dominant to other traits

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How many organisms does every sexually reproducing organism inherit

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2

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How many alleles do you have for a single trait

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2

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Physical expressions of a trait

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Phenotype

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Genetic makeup

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Genotype

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Homozygous Dominant

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Two of the same dominant alleles

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Homozygous Recessive

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Two of the same recessive alleles

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Heterozygous

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Two different alleles

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Why do our cells divide

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Growth and repair

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What are the three parts of interphase in mitosis

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G1, S, and G2

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What happens during G1 stage of mitosis interphase

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Cells double in size

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What happens during S stage of mitosis interphase

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DNA is duplicated

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What happens during G2 stage of mitosis interphase

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Cells prepare to divide

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True or false: Mitosis takes longer than interphase

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True

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What does cell division produce

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Genetically identical cells

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Why do our cells make chromosomes?

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To carry DNA

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When is our DNA replicated?

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The synthesis phase of interphase

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What are the phases of mitosis

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Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis

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What is cell division

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The process of a cell copying itself

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What is the cell cycle?

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Interphase, mitosis and cytokinesis

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Interphase

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Cell is engaged in normal activities, preparing for division. DNA and chromosomes copied

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Mitosis

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The nucleus pf the cells divide

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Cytokinesis

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Cytoplasm divides and forms two cells

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Prophase stage of mitosis

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Chromosomes condensing, nuclear membrane breaks

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Metaphase stage of mitosis

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Nucleus is disassembled, chromosomes align down middle of the cell

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Anaphase stage of mitosis

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Chromosomes split

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Telophase stage of mitosis

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Nuclear membrane forms around each group of chromosomes

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When are sex cells produced

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Before reproduction

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Sex cells have ___

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Half the genetic material of the body cells

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What are cells with chromosome pairs

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Diploid cells

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What is meiosis

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The process by which sex cells are formed. One diploid cells divides to form four haploid cells.

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How do haploid and diploid cells differ?

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Haploid cells have half of the genetic material that diploid cells have

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What stage to reproductive cells begin with?

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Interphase

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Prophase 1

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Duplicated chromosomes condense and pair, which causes genetic variation

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Metaphase 1

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Chromosome pairs line up in the middle of the cell