BSC 2010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Centromere, Somatic Cell, Synapsis

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In eukaryotes, heritable information is passed to the next generation via processes that include the cell cycle and mitosis or meiosis plus fertilization. Mitosis passes a complete genome from the parent cell to daughter cells. Homologous chromosomes: 2 chromosomes that have same length, centromere position, and staining pattern, autosomes. Chromosomes that do not determine gender: sex chromosomes. Chromosomes: human somatic cell = 44 autosomes + 2 sex chromosomes, human gamete = 22 autosomes + 1 sex chromosome, sex chromosomes. Xy = not homologous chromosomes: egg must contain x, sperm may contain x & y, hence, males determine the gender of offspring. Meiosis i & meiosis ii: much of meiosis resembles mitosis, chromosomes are replicated only once. Before meiosis i: 4 daughter cells are produced. Synapsis pairing of homologous pairs tied tightly together: tetrads form (4 chromosomes = 2 pairs) Each tetrad has 1 or more chiasmata: criss-crossed regions where crossing over has occurred, metaphase i.

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