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Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis Reading

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Sections of DNA are called

genes

codons

zygote

haploid

How many chromosomes does the human body have?

100

50

46

26

How many chromosomes do you get from your father?

23

46

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Chromosomes that are the same lenght and carry genes for the same trait at the same place are

haploid

homologous

diploid

centromere

Sex cells are called

diploids

zygotes

gametes

homologous

A cell with half the number of chromosomes like gametes are

zygotes

diploids

fertilization

haploids

The process in which one haploid gamete joins with another haploid gamete is called

fertilization

budding

regeneration

mitosis

The kind of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes by half is

meiosis

mitosis

regeneration

budding

Meiosis takes place in the reproductive organs of plants and animals

True

False

What process occurs when a section of one chromosome changes place with a section of its homologous chromosome?

Synapsis

Crossing Over

Interphase

Tetrad

One way that meiosis leads to more genetic diversity is 

crossing over

fermentation

budding

hydrolysis

How many cells are produced at the end of mitosis?

4 identical cells

2 identical cells

4 different cells

2 different cells

How many cells are produced at the end of meiosis?

4 identical cells

2 identical cells

4 different cells

2 different cells

How many divisions occur in meiosis?

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2

Meiosis produces these types of cells

body cells

reproductive cells

What is the purpose of meiosis?

growth and repair of body tissues

production of gametes for sexual repoduction