BIOL133 Week 11 Lab Assignment 7 - Meiosis; Exercise
Course : American Public
Contributed : May Anderson
- $20.00
Exploration
Which round of meiosis results in two haploid cells from one diploid parent cell?
Exercise 1
- How did crossing over affect the genetic content in the gametes? Use your results to support your answer.
- What is the ploidy of the daughter cells at the end of meiosis I? What about at the end of meiosis II?
- List two differences between meiosis I and meiosis II.
- Based on your observations in the digital exercise, what can you conclude about the severity of nondisjunction that occurs in meiosis I as opposed to meiosis II?
- Why is it necessary to reduce the number of chromosomes in the formation of gametes, but not in somatic cells?
- Blue whales have 44 chromosomes in every cell. How many chromosomes you would expect to find in the following:
Photo 1: Meiosis I Stage Identification Results
Photo 2: Meiosis II Stage Identification Results
Photo 3: Results for Parts 2, 3, and 4
Competency Review
- Which of the following statements is NOT true?
- What is the evolutionary outcome of crossing over?
What distinguishes Meiosis I from
