Meiosis Process Overview

Meiosis is the process by which ______ gametes are produced

In males, meiosis occurs in the ______

Homologous pairs exchange genetic material in many locations, called ______

In females, meiosis occurs in the ______

Reduction division: Each daughter cell gets one copy of each ______ chromosome

Tetrads line up in pairs at the equatorial plate, forming a double line during ______ I

Spindle fibers pull homologous chromosomes toward opposite ends of the cell during ______ I

Two haploid cells split, nuclear membranes ______

Daughter cells go straight from Telophase I to ______ II

Nuclear membrane dissolves, nucleus disappears, centrosomes move to opposite poles, chromatin condenses into ______

Chromosomes line up on equatorial ______

Spindle fibers move 23 single chromosomes to each ______

Both cells turn into two haploid daughter cells, creating four cells in ______

Errors in Meiosis Structural chromosome mutations (4 types) Deletion: chromosome segment is ______

Inversion: chromosome segment is ______

Fertilization: 1 haploid sperm + 1 haploid egg = 1 diploid ______

What is the term for a chromosome segment being relocated?

What is the term for the specific location where crossing over occurs?

In terms of Mendelian inheritance, what is the genotype for two dominant alleles?

What is the term for the reproductive cells, either sperm or egg cells?

What is the term for the process by which haploid gametes are produced?

What is the term for the structure that appears during mitosis/meiosis and creates spindle fibers?

What is the term for a chromosome segment being removed?

What is the term for two homologous chromosome pairs that line up adjacent to each other?

In terms of Mendelian inheritance, what is the genotype for one dominant and one recessive allele?

What is the term for the event where homologous pairs exchange genetic material in many locations?