Meiosis

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Sex and Reproduction

• sexual reproduction
• fertilization
• sexual vs. asexual
• different sex cycles

The Karyotype

• karyotype
  • What is a karyotype and how is it created?
  • Why is the karyotype important?
  • What are the implications?
• Chromosome Pairs

Meiosis

• The First Meiotic Division

  • prophase I
    • early prophase I
    • middle prophase Ia
    • middle prophase Ib
    • late prophase I
  • metaphase I
  • anaphase I
  • telophase I
  • Preeti's Animated Meiosis I
  
  

• The Second Meiotic Division

  • prophase II
  • metaphase II
  • anaphase II
  • telophase II
  • Jasmine's Animated Meiosis II
  
  

• Synapsis, Reduction, and Diversity

Meiotic Errors and their Consequences

• Nondisjuncion
• The Wandering Fragment
• Nonreciprocal Crossing Over
• Reciprocal Translocations
• Consequences
• Detection Technologies
• Related Web Sites

Cell Division in Prokaryotes

Bibliography

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Go to Sata's BIO 302 Outline