BSCI 10001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Sister Chromatids, Synaptonemal Complex, Dna Replication

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Meiosis is a special type of cell division that results in the formation of sperm and eggs, gametes that have half the chromosome number of the parent organism. Next, via the process of meiosis, we go from the 4n cell we just made by dna replication, to four 1n gametes: Finally, a full complement of chromosomes is restored when a sperm and egg come together in fertilization to form a new 2n animal: So now, lets begin to go into some of the details. In mitosis, as you may remember, the pairs of chromatids all line up on the metaphase plate, and then, in anaphase, the chromatids separate from each other and migrate to the two poles. Bivalents are held together by a complex structure of proteins called the synaptonemal complex . Now in mitosis, as you may remember, the kinetochores of the two chromatids face in opposite directions, and attach to microtubules coming from the two opposite poles:

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