BIOL 1030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Synapsis, Dna Replication, Mitosis
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Biol 1030 lecture 13 cell division: meiosis. In eukaryotes, chromosomes come in pairs: half genes come from the mother and the other half of the genes come from the father. Egg + sperm = fertilization: after fertilization mitosis and development occurs, multicellular diploid adults (2n = 46, haploid gametes (n = 23) There are a variety of different life cycles depending on when mitosis, meiosis and fertilization happen. In the animals most of the fertilization occurs in the diploid. In most fungi and some protists most of the fertilization occurs in the haploid. In plants and some algae most of the fertilization occurs in both haploid and diploid: homologous matching pair of chromosomes. Mitosis : dna replication occurs during interphase before mitosis begins, only one division. Two daughter cells, genetically identical to the parent cell. Meiosis : dna replication occurs during interphase before meiosis begins. Four daughter cells, genetically different from parent cell.