Mitosis and Meiosis Review Questions And Correct Answers.
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Mitosis And Meiosis
Name 3 differences and 1 similarity between mitosis and meiosis - Answer Mitosis & Meiosis: Both have PMAT
Mitosis: occurs in somatic cells, creates 2 (identical) daughter cells and helps with growth and repair for asexual reproduction
Meiosis: occurs in reproductive organ cells, creates 4 (di...
Mitosis and Meiosis Review Questions
And Correct Answers.
Name 3 differences and 1 similarity between mitosis and meiosis - Answer Mitosis & Meiosis: Both
have PMAT
Mitosis: occurs in somatic cells, creates 2 (identical) daughter cells and helps with growth and repair for
asexual reproduction
Meiosis: occurs in reproductive organ cells, creates 4 (different) daughter cells and helps with producing
gametes for sexual reproduction
Human gamete cells contain how many chromosomes? - Answer 23
Are human gametes haploid or diploid? - Answer Haploid
What is the cell cycle? - Answer When the cell grows,
prepares for division, & divides, forming two daughter cells, each of which begins the cycle again
What is a chromosome? - Answer Threadlike structures in the cell, containing genetic info (DNA) that is
passed on from one generation of cells to the next
What is crossing over? - Answer Homologous chromosomes exchange portions of their chromatids
during meiosis (specifically prophase)
What is diploid? - Answer Two sets (2N); description of cell containing a double set of chromosomes
(One from each parent)
What is a gamete? - Answer Specialized reproductive cell involved in sexual reproduction (sperm or egg
cells); formed through meiosis
What is haploid? - Answer Containing a single set of chromosomes (sperm or egg cell) (N)
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