Test 2 Genetics Flashcards
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List stages of Meiosis
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Leptonema: interface chromosome condense, histones wrap around them
Zygonema: Homologous chromosomes pair, tetrad begins to forms
Pachynema: Tetrad complete form a synapsis at the chiasma
Diplonema: Crossing over begins, jumbling of genes
Diakinesis: formation of sperm
2
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Polar bodies
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Small haploid cell that is formed @ the same time as an egg cell during oogenesis, but generally does not have the ability to be fertilized
3
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What is the enzyme that breaks the acrosome?
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Hyaluronidase
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