BI SC 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Conjoined Twins, Zygote, Meiosis

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The information in dna must be preserved and passed on to the next generation. Mitosis creates 2 identical copies of the original cell. Life forms could only be very simple. Through meiosis, no two organisms will be identical. More likely for a species to survive disease. Random fertilization further increases diversity most of the time. Monozygotic (identical) twins: single zygote that forms a zygote (sperm & egg, zygote splits into 2 zygotes, develop separately, but genetically identical, if don"t separate completely, conjoined twins. Dizygotic (fraternal) twins: sperm 1 egg 1 zygote 1 embryo 1, sperm 2 egg 2 zygote 2 embryo 2, runs in the family. Zygote that has 69 chromosomes instead of 46. Possible in some species: flowers, wheat, fruits (bigger/juicier) Can produce a gamete that contains alternative numbers of x and y chromosomes. Once gametes fuse to form a zygote: triplo-x syndrome (trisomy) xxx, kleinfelter syndrome (trisomy) xxy, jacobs syndrome (trisomy) xyy, turner syndrome (monosomy) xo.

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