BIOL-Q 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Sister Chromatids, Homologous Chromosome, Allosome

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Mitosis and meiosis: each of us began life as a single cell , we inherit half of our genes and chromosomes from each parent, humans possess 46 chromosomes (= 23 pairs of chromosomes, autosomes: Both males and females have two copies of each of these chromosomes. Chromosomes #1-#22 are autosomes: sex chromosomes: Sex chromosomes in females: xx: karyotype: A complete set of chromosomes from a cell that has been: photographed during cell division, chromosomes arranged in pairs, in order, basic chromosome terminology, unreplicated chromosome: Consists of one chromatid: replicated chromosome: Consist of two, sister chromatids joined at the centromere: sister chromatids comprising a replicated chromosome. Contain the same alleles of a gene. Unless genetic recombination has occurred: what are alleles, alleles: Definition: alternative versions of the same gene: example 1: B = blond hair allele: example 2: F = no freckles: some important genetic terms, genotype:

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