BIO 201LLB Lecture 29: Bio 201 Lecture 29
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There is an s-phase in between the next mitosis. The goal of meiosis is reduction division, haploidization. The goal of sexual reproduction is a return to the diploid state. Sperm: haploid male gamete (1n) (2n) Meiosis is 2 nuclear divisions with no s-phase in between (reduction division) Signals received in pre-meiotic cells trigger them (in g1) to start pre-meiotic s-phase. In other words, the decision about whether to go into mitosis or meiosis is made in the g1. Cells that have just come out of pre-meiotic g2 and have entered prophase i of meiosis. Meiotic prophase nuclei differ from mitotic prophase nuclei due to formation of synaptonemal complexes and bivalents (tetrads) in meiotic prophase i. Need to find partner: ex: maternal chromosome 1 with paternal chromosome 1. It is bivalent because it is two meiotic chromosomes: tetrad because it has four chromatids. It is syntelic because both sister chromatids face the same pole.