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Flashcards by evie.daines, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by evie.daines
over 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| WHAT IS MEIOSIS? | The production of cells that are genetically different |
| Haploid | One set of chromosomes |
| Diploid | Two sets of chromosomes |
| Haploid cells are from one parent | In meiosis they line up in different ways to produce different homologous pairings |
| Four haploid cells are produced during meiosis | Independent segregation: different combinations of chromosomes- from parent and father cell |
| Crossing over of chromatids | during meiosis when they pair up, the chromosomes can sometimes twist up. the chromosomes contain the same genes, but have different alleles. |
| Allele | An alternative form a gene |
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