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Meiosis The Production of Sex Cells

Meiosis The Production of Sex Cells. How many chromosomes does a human body cell have?. 46. How many chromosomes does a human sex cell have?. 23 each. The sex cell of females is called?. Egg. The sex cell of males is called?. Sperm

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Meiosis The Production of Sex Cells

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  1. MeiosisThe Production of Sex Cells

  2. How many chromosomes does a human body cell have? 46

  3. How many chromosomes does a human sex cell have? 23 each

  4. The sex cell of females is called? • Egg

  5. The sex cell of males is called? • Sperm • Cell size: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale

  6. Why is it important that sex cells have half the usual number of chromosomes? • So that the fertilized egg receives a normal number of chromosomes

  7. During what process are sex cells made? • Meiosis • Produces sex cells with half the number of chromosomes.

  8. How many steps? (Not counting cytokinesis) 1 9 Prophase 2

  9. 8) How many chromosomes are in a human cell at the start of meiosis? • 46

  10. 9) How many times do the chromosomes make copies of themselves during meiosis? 1 • once Prophase 2

  11. 10) How many chromosomes are in the human cell after interphase? • 92

  12. 11) How many divisions does meiosis have? 1 2 Prophase 2

  13. 12) How many cells do you start with in meiosis?How many cells do you end with? 1 1 Prophase 2 4

  14. 13) How many chromosomes are present in each human cell at the end of meiosis? 1 Prophase 2 23

  15. 14) Is each cell produced at the end of meiosis the same?Why? 1 Prophase 2 No To allow for genetic variations

  16. Steps of Meiosis 1. Interphase - each chromosome copies itself

  17. Steps of Meiosis 2. Prophase I - Homologous chromosomes (chromosomes that are the same)line up together

  18. Steps of Meiosis 3. Metaphase I - Homologous chromosomes line up in the middle and the spindle attaches to the centromere

  19. Steps of Meiosis 4. Anaphase I - The homologous chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cell - The centromere does NOT split

  20. Steps of Meiosis 5. Telophase I - Cytokinesis occurs making 2 new cells - Each cell now has a copy of each homologous chromosome

  21. Steps of Meiosis • Between Telophase 1 and Prophase 2: The cell now rests, no duplication of chromosomes occurs

  22. Steps of Meiosis 6. Prophase II

  23. Steps of Meiosis 7) Metaphase II

  24. Steps of Meiosis 8. Anaphase II The centromere splits and sister chromatids separate

  25. Steps of Meiosis 9. Telophase II

  26. Result - 4 new daughter cells that are all genetically different - each new cell has half the number of chromosomes as the original cell

  27. Spermatogenesis • Males produce 4 sperm each round of meiosis

  28. Oogenesis • Females produce 1 egg (ovum) and 3 polar bodies each round of meiosis

  29. Fertilization • Fertilization will restore the original # of chromosomes • 23 from egg + 23 from sperm 46 total chromosomes to make a human

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