Draw a diagram that illustrates how these chromosomes pair up during Metaphase I of Meiosis. Be sure to include all chromosomes, chromatids, genes, and centromeres in your diagram

Imagine a precursor germ cell (which will become a sperm or egg cell) from a diploid organism. Before the cell undergoes meiosis, it has a total of 40 chromosomes. Which of the following are true for this cell? Select all that apply The value of n is 40 After the first meiotic division, the cells will be haploid After the second meiotic division, there will be four cells When meiosis is complete, the sperm/egg will have 20 chromosomes

Can be more than one answer: Select all of the following that are true of MEIOSIS but not of MITOSIS. a) cell division occurs during cytokinesis b) results in two identical daughter cells c) halves the number of chromosomes in a cell d) spindle fibers contract during anaphase e) tetrads line up on metaphase plate

Choose the phase of meiosis in column 2 that best matches each event in column 1.                                                                                                         one haploid set of replicated chromosomes at each spindle pole                                                                                                         genetic recombination events take place                                                                                                         shortest stage                                                                                                         aligning of bivalents in the center of a spindle                                                                                                         one haploid set of unreplicated chromosomes at each spindle pole                                                                                                         aligning of monovalents in the…

Focus on drawing the cell nucleus taking care to model the number and location of chromosomes. Although the chromosomes are only visible in each stage, draw them in all stages for clarity sake. (There needs to be a model drawing) What would a 2n=10 cell look like during prophase I? What would that cell look like during metaphase I? At the end of meiosis I? During metaphase II? At the end of meiosis II?

The mosquito, Aedes aegypti, has 3 bivalents (homologous pairs) formed at Meiosis I. How many chromosomes and chromatin strands are present in each of the following stages: