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9 Cards in this Set
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Mitosis |
-Creates 2 identical daughter cells -Used 4 growth and repair of body -One round of cell division |
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Meiosis |
-Creates 4 unique daughter cells -Used to gametes -2 rounds of cell division |
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Gametes |
Sperm + Egg |
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Diploid (2n) |
-Two sets of chromosomes, one from Mom (maternal), one from Dad (paternal). -46 chromosomes in human body cells, 23 from each person. |
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Haploid (1n) |
-One set of chromosomes (one of each). -1/2 the # of chromosomes in a diploid cell -23 chromosomes in human gametes (sperm, egg). |
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Independent Assortment |
How one homologous pair lines up is independent of any other pair. |
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Life Cycles |
When two people love each other very much, they perform meiosis. The egg and sperm both have 23 chromosomes. The speed fertilizes the egg, which makes a zygote. Then you have a baby! Yay! |
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Female Sex Cell |
XX |
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Male Sex Cell |
XY |
