Name: Lauren Tighe Ms.

Gertzer
Period: 4 Biology
Meiosis Square Dance
Phase Lyrics Your Description Picture of Phase
Inte Now coil up, coil up, coil up tight if we’re Chromosome coils up,
rph to do meiosis right. grows, and replicates
ase
Interphase one is almost done, marks the
start of prophase one.

Pro Now face your partners and to them bow

pha do-sa-do crossover now.
se
1
Allemande left with your left hand
promenade around the land. The chromosomes cross
Now grab your partner’s chromatid over, the nucleuous
disappears, the spindle
crossing arms you’ll be glad you did. forms, the homogulogos
The nuclear membrane breaks down chromosomes duplicate.
here, attach a fiber to your centromere.

Met The fibers pull the dance is done, hold on

aph tight it’s metaphase one.
ase The alignment of the
1
Couples move to the central plate,
chromosomes to the
center of the cell. The two
complete copies of
chromosomes are
present.
 An it’s anaphase one so you separate.
aph Now wave goodbye to reach your goal
ase The homogolgues are
1
each partner move to the other pole.
pulled apart and move
apart to opposite ends of
the cell

Tel Telophase one is mighty sad, you’re all

oph alone lost what you had.
ase
1
Together we’ll no longer be these parts of
you will be dear to me.
Chromosomes are
enclosed in nuclei. The
cell goes through
cytokenisis that divides
into cytoplasm of the
original 2 daughter cells.

Phase Lyrics Your Description Picture of Phase

Pro Prophase, prophase, prophase two, the
pha spindle’s coming after you. The spindle apparatus
se forms.
2

Met With a fiber stuck to your centromere,

aph you’re pulled into the center here.
ase
2
On the central plate for metaphase two,
just like before it’s déjà vu. The chromosomes line up
At interphase one you duplicate, so now indiviudually along the
metaphase plate.
that you can separate.
The fibers tugging, this is it, time for your
chromatids to split.
An Anaphase, anaphase, anaphase two, this
aph time you wave goodbye to you.
ase
2 Sister cromatids
separate, individual
chromosomes move
towards the opposite
poles of the cell.

Tel At telophase two half the team’s on hand,

oph you’re feeling sad you’re a single strand.
ase
2
Now this is just your normal state with
some luck you’ll procreate.
So rest awhile and unwind too, as the The chromosomes reach
opposite poles,
nuclear membrane surrounds you.
cytokenisis occurs.

Cyt
oki Now meiosis is complete, four nuclei from
nes
is ​
one’s the treat.
Ga The cytoplasm will divide four gametes
met formed with you inside.
es! And if we zoom out you will find, many
Divides the cytoplasm of
more of the same kind. the original cell into
And if you’re wondering what’s the use, daughter cells. There are
it’s all so you can reproduce… 4 hapoloid cells that go to
reproduce… develop sperm and egg.