9. Mitosis and Meiosis

Which of the following best describes the possible products of meiosis in plant and animal life cycles?

During which phase of meiosis does crossing over (homologous recombination) occur?

Which process is described as a reduction division that produces cells with half the normal number of chromosomes?

Which of the following events occurs in meiosis but not in mitosis?

During which phase of meiosis do sister chromatids separate?

In a typical diploid organism, what are the products of meiosis?

During which stage of meiosis do homologous chromosomes separate from each other and move to opposite poles of the cell?

In a typical meiotic cycle that produces haploid gametes from a diploid cell, how many times does interphase occur?

In which activity does meiosis play a direct role in humans?

In a typical animal cell, what is the product of meiosis II?

In meiosis, what is synapsis?

Which of the following processes occurs during both Meiosis I and Meiosis II?

In a typical meiotic division of one diploid germ cell (meiosis I followed by meiosis II), how many daughter cells are produced?

During which stage of meiosis does the haploid number of duplicated chromosomes line up at the metaphase plate?

In animals, which cells undergo meiosis to produce gametes?