Mitosis & Meiosis

5. A fertilized egg.
7. Any chromosome inherited from the mother.
8. and telophase The late phases of mitosis, when sister chromatids pull apart and one of each type of chromosome ends up at either end of the parent cell, just before cell division creates two daughter cells.
9. Physical exchange of DNA strands between non-sister chromatids during Meiosis I. Leads to recombinant chromosomes containing alleles from both maternal and paternal chromosomes.
12. cells Cells that directly give rise to sperm or eggs, or are sperm or eggs themselves. Germ cells undergo meiosis to produce haploid daughter cells.
13. Production of offspring that is based on meiosis and fusion of gametes.
14. The middle phase of mitosis, when replicated chromosomes move to the middle of the cell.
15. A process in eukaryotes that is responsible for distributing a copy of each chromosome to each daughter cell. It occurs after chromosomes have been replicated and prior to the physical division of the parent cell into two daughter cells.
16. Production of offspring that is based on mitosis.

1. The observation that maternal and paternal homologs line up at random before separating at the end of Meiosis I, producing a wide array of possible combinations in daughter cells.
2. The initial phase of mitosis, when replicated chromosomes condense and the nuclear envelope breaks down.
3. Any chromosome inherited from the father.
4. A process in eukaryotes that distributes one of each homologous chromosome pair to daughter cells, resulting in a halving of chromosome number.
6. Cells that fuse to form a zygote. In many species, these are sperm and egg.
10. cells Cells that form the body, and that only undergo mitosis.
11. The portion of the cell cycle when growth and DNA replication occur.