BIO-1201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Sister Chromatids, Synapsis, Karyotype

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Meiosis a type of nuclear division that is important in sexual reproduction. Shuffling the chromosomes and genes to produce genetically different gametes. Karyotype: genetic counselors can visualize chromosomes by looking at a picture of the chromosomes. We inherit one of each chromosome from each parent. 23 pairs of chromosomes: 22 autosomes, 1 pair of sex chromosomes. Members of a chromosome pair are called homologous chromosomes or homologues: have same size, shape, and location of centromere, contain the same type of genes arranged in the same order. Meiosis results in 4 daughter cells because it consists of two divisions, meiosis 1 and. Before meiosis 1 begins each chromosome has duplicated and is composed of 2 sister chromatids. In meiosis 1, homologous chromosomes of each pair come together and line up side by side: this is called a synapsis, results in a tetrad an association of four chromatids. Meiosis reduces chromosome number and shuffles the genetic information between the homologous chromosomes.

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