QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS/
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reduction division - Correct AnswerMeiosis I
the pairing of homologous chromosomes during meiosis - Correct Answersynapsis
Late prophase I - Correct AnswerWhen do homologous chromosomes pair up?
Holds homologous pair together - Correct Answerproteinaceous lattice Work
Product of paired homologous pair - Correct Answersynaptonemal complex
process in which homologous chromosomes exchange portions of their chromatids
during meiosis, overlapping occurs during prophase I - Correct Answercross over
The product of the union of egg and sperm with traits inherited by both parents - Correct
AnswerA human being is
Traits of both mother and father and blend to produce intermediate results - Correct
AnswerPassed to offspring via gametes
When sperm and egg are united - Correct AnswerA single cell is formed
Posses all the info needed to develop into a complete human being - Correct
AnswerZygotes
Reproductive cells - Correct AnswerGametes
Travel from parent to offspring in the gamates - Correct AnswerSingle strands of DNA
Is organized into chromosomes that are visible during meiosis - Correct AnswerDNA in
the nucleus
Chromosomes that divide into smaller units - Correct AnswerGenes
Producing a specific trait - Correct AnswerGenes responsiblity
An alternative form of a gene - Correct AnswerAllele
Pair of chromosomes that are the same size, same appearance and same genes. -
Correct Answerhomologous chromosomes
, Cell division that produces gametes - Correct AnswerMeiosis
An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations. - Correct AnswerGenotype
new combination of genes produced by crossing over and independent assortment -
Correct Answergenetic recombination
Believed each body part sent particles to the reproductive structures - Correct
AnswerHippocrates
Believed that mixing fluids semen and menstrual blood - Correct AnswerAristole
Spontaneous generation - Correct AnswerLower organisms
Father of genetics - Correct AnswerGregor Johann Mendel
The replicated chromatin begins to coil into recognizable chromosomes and the
homologous synapse. Chromatids May cross over, nuclear membrane and nucleoli
fragment. Centrioles move to opposite sides of the pole, spindle fibers form - Correct
AnswerProphase I
Synapses homologous chromosomes align as pairs along the equatorial plane and
attach to the spindle fibers at the centromeres, each pair positions itself independently
of all others - Correct AnswerMetaphase I
Have one cell just like they started with - Correct AnswerAfter meiosis I females
Both alleles (factors) for a trait are the same and dominant (AA) - Correct
Answerhomozygous dominant
Having two different alleles for a particular gene - Correct AnswerHeterozygous
Both alleles (factors) for a trait are the same and recessive (aa) - Correct
Answerhomozygous recessive
an autosomal recessive disorder affecting exocrine glands. Congenital and common in
white skinned people - Correct AnswerCystic fibrosis
-the lungs and the digestive system - Correct AnswerWhat does cystic fibrosis affect?
Have 1 copy of the cystic fibrosis gene - Correct Answer1 out of 20 people
White children received both recessive alleles from their parents and die accounting for
5% of all childhood deaths - Correct Answer1 in 1800