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| a delivery system for distributing the chromosomes and the DNA they contain equally at cell division |
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| chromosomes occur in pairs in metazoan animals. The members of a pair are called? |
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| each individual member of a pair of homologous chromosomes is called |
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| Humans cells have 46 chromosomes called what? |
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| it is a distinctive type of nuclear division in higher plants and animals that differ from mitosis in two different ways |
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| what two differences are there in meiosis and mitosis? |
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1. meiosis gives rise to gametes(aggs and sperm cells)
2. key event in meiosis is a single replication of chromosomes followed by two cell division |
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| a single set of chromosomes unpaired |
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| two matched chromosome sets |
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| process of forming mature gametes from primary germ cells |
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