BIO 1201 GREGG EXAM 3 2026 FINAL PAPER
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION
◉ Characteristic of the bdelloid rotifer is that it __________.
Answer: is an example of an animal that has not reproduced sexually
in 40 million years
◉ A clone is the product of __________.
Answer: asexual reproduction and mitosis
◉ A pair of genetic structures carrying genes that control the same
inherited characters are called __________.
Answer: homologous chromosomes
◉ The process called __________ reduces the chromosome number by
__________.
Answer: meiosis; two consecutive cell divisions
◉ Somatic cells in humans differs from gametes in that human
somatic cells __________.
Answer: contain two sets of each of the 23 chromosome types
,◉ The zipper-like complex that forms in meiosis occurs during
__________ and is called the __________.
Answer: prophase I; synaptonemal complex
◉ Ignoring crossover, how many kinds of gametes can be produced
by an organism with a diploid number of 8?
Answer: 16
◉ What is the result when a diploid cell undergoes meiosis?
Answer: Four haploid cells
◉ Somatic cells in animals differ from gametes in that somatic cells
__________.
Answer: are all of the cells of the body except for the gametes and
their precursors
◉ A life cycle in which the only multicellular form is haploid is most
typical of __________.
Answer: fungi
◉ What is a locus?
Answer: The precise location of a gene on a chromosome.
, ◉ Which life cycle stage is found in plants but not animals?
Answer: Multicellular haploid
◉ Regarding the role of cohesin protein in maintaining cohesion
between sister chromatids, which of the following statements is
false?
Answer: During meiosis II, cohesion holds sister chromatids
together along their lengths as the second meiotic spindle forms.
◉ At the end of mitosis, __________ daughter cells that are genetically
__________ are formed, while at the end of meiosis, __________ daughter
cells that are genetically __________ are formed.
Answer: two; identical; four; distinct
◉ Which of the following is a function of mitosis in humans?
Answer: Multiplication of body cells
◉ The life cycle called __________ in plants has two multicellular
stages: the __________ and the __________.
Answer: alternation of generations; haploid gametophyte; diploid
sporophyte
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION
◉ Characteristic of the bdelloid rotifer is that it __________.
Answer: is an example of an animal that has not reproduced sexually
in 40 million years
◉ A clone is the product of __________.
Answer: asexual reproduction and mitosis
◉ A pair of genetic structures carrying genes that control the same
inherited characters are called __________.
Answer: homologous chromosomes
◉ The process called __________ reduces the chromosome number by
__________.
Answer: meiosis; two consecutive cell divisions
◉ Somatic cells in humans differs from gametes in that human
somatic cells __________.
Answer: contain two sets of each of the 23 chromosome types
,◉ The zipper-like complex that forms in meiosis occurs during
__________ and is called the __________.
Answer: prophase I; synaptonemal complex
◉ Ignoring crossover, how many kinds of gametes can be produced
by an organism with a diploid number of 8?
Answer: 16
◉ What is the result when a diploid cell undergoes meiosis?
Answer: Four haploid cells
◉ Somatic cells in animals differ from gametes in that somatic cells
__________.
Answer: are all of the cells of the body except for the gametes and
their precursors
◉ A life cycle in which the only multicellular form is haploid is most
typical of __________.
Answer: fungi
◉ What is a locus?
Answer: The precise location of a gene on a chromosome.
, ◉ Which life cycle stage is found in plants but not animals?
Answer: Multicellular haploid
◉ Regarding the role of cohesin protein in maintaining cohesion
between sister chromatids, which of the following statements is
false?
Answer: During meiosis II, cohesion holds sister chromatids
together along their lengths as the second meiotic spindle forms.
◉ At the end of mitosis, __________ daughter cells that are genetically
__________ are formed, while at the end of meiosis, __________ daughter
cells that are genetically __________ are formed.
Answer: two; identical; four; distinct
◉ Which of the following is a function of mitosis in humans?
Answer: Multiplication of body cells
◉ The life cycle called __________ in plants has two multicellular
stages: the __________ and the __________.
Answer: alternation of generations; haploid gametophyte; diploid
sporophyte
