Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Meiosis review questions


1.     Explain how meiosis differs from mitosis.
2.     Why meiosis is called reduction division? What is being reduced? What is being divided?
3.     A) What is synapsis? B) Draw a tetrad. C) Draw a crossing over using different colors. D) during what stage synapsis occur?
4.     Why from an evolutionary perspective synapsis make sense?
5.     Explain the advantage of meiosis during sexual reproduction over mitosis during asexual reproduction from an evolutionary perspective.
6.     Why is important that sex cells are haploid? Explain why the accuracy of meiosis play a major role in the survival of a child and give an example of what happens when there is a mistake in meiosis? Use a human life cycle as an example.
7.     Diagram and label what is happening at each stage of meiosis. Use 4 homologue pairs.

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