BIO 2133 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Zygote, Chromosome Abnormality, Eukaryote

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Starts out with two chromosomes which are called homologous chromosomes. Meiosis 2: the cells start meiosis 2 as haploid, sister chromatids separate, during metaphase, the sister chromatids are separated. Meiosis (in animals) produces 4 halpoid cells from one diploid cell. At the end of the first division (meiosis 1) the 2 cells are already haploid. Usually refer to cells as diploid or haploid. By looking at one chromosome we do not know if the cell is diploid or haploid. The sister chromatids were formed by replicating a single chromatid. After a chromosome is replicated but before the two copies are separated: sister chromatids. Purpose of (cid:373)eiosis: i(cid:374) a(cid:374)i(cid:373)al, produ(cid:272)e ga(cid:373)etes with just half of the pare(cid:374)ts" ge(cid:374)eti(cid:272) (cid:373)aterial: gametes are haploid. Mechanism: only one of each pair of homologous chromosomes gets into each gamete. The happy ending: gametes from the two parents get to fuse, restoring the original number of chromosomes in the fertilized egg (zygote)

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