BIOL 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Centromere, Nuclear Membrane, Allosome

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Inheritance/heredity - transmission of traits from one generation to the next. Genetics - study of heredity and hereditary variation. 13. 1 offspring acquire genes from parents by inheriting chromosomes. We have 46 chromosomes in our somatic (body) cells. Locus - gene"s specific location on chromosome. 13. 2 fertilization and meiosis alternate in sexual life cycles. Life cycle - generation-to-generation sequence of stages in reproductive history of an organism. Karyotype - shows that body cells have 2 chromosomes of each 23 types. Pair of homologous chromosomes (homologs) - same length, centromere position, staining pattern, and genes control same characteristic. Sex chromosomes - xx (females) and xy (males) Fertilization - haploid gametes (egg and sperm) fuse nuclei and forms a diploid zygote. Gametes formed by germ cells in gonads (ovaries and testes) Meiosis - reduces number of chromosomes in cells by . Alternation of generations - includes both mitosis and meiosis. 13. 3 meiosis reduces the number of chromosome sets from diploid to haploid.

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