MEIOSIS

ANSWERBOOK
Compiled by: M. Fortuin - MNED
BIOLOGICAL TERMS:
EXPLANATION TERM
Structures found only in animal cells that CENTRIOLE
form the spindle during cell division.
The phase in the cell cycle when DNA INTERPHASE
replication occurs.
The division of the cytoplasm through the CYTOKINESIS
constriction of the cell membrane at the end
of cell division.
The point where two chromatids overlap CHIASMA
during prophase I
The two parts of a chromosome held CHROMATIDS
together by a centromere.
The phase of meiosis during which ANAPHASE I
homologous chromosomes separate and
start moving towards opposite poles.
The defect in cell division that leads to Down NON-DYSJUNCTION
syndrome.
The structure that is made up of two CHROMOSOME
chromatids joined by a centromere
The complete set of chromosomes in the cell GENOME
of an organism.
A representation of the number, shape and KARYOTYPE
arrangement of all the chromosomes in the
nucleus of a somatic cell.
The structure responsible for pulling SPINDLE FIBRES
chromosomes to the poles of an animal cell
during cell division.
A phase in the cell cycle that occurs before INTERPHASE
cell division.
A human disorder caused by a non- DOWN SYNDROME
disjunction of chromosome pair 21.
The name of the process when homologous NON-DYSJUNCTION
chromosome pairs fail to separate during
meiosis

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The structure in an animal cell that forms CENTRIOLES
spindle fibres
The division of the cytoplasm after a cell CYTOKINESIS
nucleus has divided

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1.9 C
1.10 C

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