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Meiosis Notes

Meiosis Notes. Wednesday 01/09/2012. Goals for the day. Demonstrate that we are able to describe what a homologous chromosome is & when its paired up. Demonstrate that we are able to describe crossing over & why it is important

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Meiosis Notes

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  1. Meiosis Notes Wednesday 01/09/2012

  2. Goals for the day Demonstrate that we are able to describe what a homologous chromosome is & when its paired up. Demonstrate that we are able to describe crossing over & why it is important Demonstrate that we are able to define what haploid & diploid mean and know the numbers for humans Be able to describe the differences between mitosis & meiosis

  3. Question of the Day If an organism has a diploid number of 20: 2n=________ n=________ A Polar Bear has 30 chromosomes in a sperm cell: 2n=________ n=________

  4. Goals for the day Be able to describe what a Karyotype is and when it would be used. Be able to describe the differences in the production of sperm & egg cells. Be able to describe the differences between mitosis & meiosis

  5. Diploid Number = • Haploid number =

  6. Meiosis in males makes 4 equal sperm Meiosis in females makes 1 huge egg

  7. Non-disjunction

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