[WGSS 1105] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (15 pages long!)

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Goal: make two genetically identical daughter cells. 2n = 4 (2 members of each pair = 4 chromosomes) Dna synthesis = dyad (two identical dna molecules) , each one = sister chromatid. Necessary to make sure we don"t have doubling of quantity of dna cells for each generation. Parent cell cut in half # of chromosomes present. Eliminate one member of each homologous pair. Only 1 member of each chromosome remaining. One round of dna replication but two rounds of cell division. 2 = two copies present in each type. Egg (23) + sperm (23) = 23 chromosome pairs. Each meiosis produces 4 mature gametes (sperm cells) Beginning in the fetus but arresting in prophase i until puberty, meiosis i continues in one or a couple of oocytes each month. Only goes through meiosis ii if fertilization occurs. Each meiosis produces one mature gamete (egg) Takes place during prophase i of meiosis i.

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