Meiosis quiz

Purpose of meiosis

To create unique individuals in order to create variations and so all humans are not prone to the same diseases

Meiosis starts as a (diploid/haploid) cell and ends with 4 (diploid/haploid) cells

Diploid, haploid

What forms in the cell before it can divide

a tetrad has to form

Where do homologous chromosomes lineup before they split?

On top of one another along the midpoint of the cell

In anaphase one what gets pulled apart by the spindle fibers?

Homologous chromosomes

In Anna phase 2, what gets pulled apart by the spindle fibers

Sister chromatids

Why is meiosis known as reduction division?

The four daughter cells have half of the information as the parent cell. There is only half the information because the other parent will make up the other half during fertilization

What is crossing over?

When homologous chromosomes in a tetrad exchange genetic information

What is independent assortment

The randomized lining up of chromosomes before they are pulled apart, during anaphase one

Meiosis produces what kind of cells

Gametes / sex cells

How many times does the cell divide

Two times

Are the daughter cells identical to the parent cell and

/or to each other

No, the daughter cells are completely different from each other and from the parent cell

How many daughter cells are created?

4