BIOSC 0150 Lecture Notes - Chromosome Abnormality, Prometaphase, Telophase

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Review mitosis (cell division) creates 2 genetically identical copies of a single cell. Meiosis makes haploid cells sources of genetic variation. Sexual reproduction creation of offspring by the fusion of genetic materials from 2 parents. Offspring have a copy of each chromosome from each parent. Offspring is not genetically identical to each other or to parents (except twins) Heredity transmission of genes from one generation to the next. Genetics study of heredity and hereditary variation. Locus specific location of a gene on a chromosome. Somatic cells most cells in the body are somatic cells. Diploid have 2 copies of each chromosome (2n) Homologous chromosomes same length and centromere position: also same genes, but they do not have the same alleles because parents have different allele. Diploid 2 sets of chromosomes, each from a different parent. Homologous chromosomes individual chromosomes from a homologous pair: they are not sister chromatids.

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