GENE 312 CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS { GRADED A+}

GENE 312 CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS

WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS {

GRADED A+}




Mitosis is the process required for: - ✔✔generation of new, identical

cells


Meiosis is the process of: - ✔✔generating gametes


What are gametes? - ✔✔haploid germ cells; eggs or sperm




Humans have ______ pairs of autosomes and _____ sex chromosomes.

- ✔✔chromosomes not involved in sex determination

, 22; 2


What is a chromatid? - ✔✔a single strand of chromatin


Homologous meaning: - ✔✔term used to refer to chromosomes that

each have a corresponding chromosome from the mother and father;

same genes but not necessarily same alleles


What is an allele? - ✔✔Different forms of a gene


What is C-value? - ✔✔amount of DNA content in a cell at any given

point of the cell cycle


An easy way to measure the C-value: - ✔✔count how many copies of a

gene are present in the cell, taking into consideration both alleles and

replication of chromosomes


What is cytokinesis? (2) - ✔✔division of the cytoplasm; splitting of one

cell into two


What is ploidy? - ✔✔number of sets of chromosomes in a cell