Genetics
Chapter 5 Part II: Meiosis. Learning Target 7. Recognize the type of daughter cells formed during meiosis and the chromosome number as compared to the.
Characteristics of Living Things Living things are made up of cells Unicellular – one celled organisms Multicellular – many celled organisms Remember/Review.
Meiosis Humans have 46 chromosomes in every cell of our bodies except the sex cells or gametes (eggs and sperm)- they have 23 chromosomes When a baby is.
Genetics – the study of heredity Based on the study of probability (likelihood)
Chapter 11 Introduction to Genetics. Chromosomes and Cells Two general types of cells –Somatic cells-body cells that make up the tissues and organs –Gametes-sex.
Cell Division SOL: BIO 6 a-c. Meiosis Meiosis occurs in sexual reproduction when a diploid germ cell produces four haploid daughter cells that can mature.
Cell Division. Meiosis Meiosis occurs in sexual reproduction when a diploid germ cell produces four haploid daughter cells that can mature to become.
Meiosis & Sexual Reproduction. Remember that 1 chromosome is made when 2 chromatids join at the centromere. –These 2 chromatids are EXACT copies of each.
Heredity Standard B-4.6 Predict inherited traits by suing the principles of Mendelian genetics (including segregation, independent assortment, and dominance).
Meiosis
Meiosis occurs in what type of cells? Reproductive cells (the ones that divide to form sperm and eggs) What is “reduction division?” -Cell division that.