Quiz – Cell Division
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The purpose of this quiz is to text your knowledge of mitosis and meiosis. To do well in this course it
is absolutely critical that you understand these two processes and how they differ. In particular, you
must understand what happens to the DNA as cells go through mitosis and meiosis. Your score on
this quiz will not count toward your course grade. Note: For some alternate answers are possible.
All questions refer to the cell
shown to the right. Assume
the cell is diploid, with two
chromosomes (one large and
one small.)
A
a
B
b
A. If this diploid cell divides mitotically, what will the daughter cells look like (show the
chromosomes)?
A
Normal
mitosis gives
cell identical
to mother
cell.
A
a
a
B
B
b
b
B. If this diploid cell divides meiotically, what will the daughter cells look like (include the
chromosomes)?
A
A
B
b
a
B
a
b
C. Diagram the appearance of the chromosomes at anaphase I of meiosis I. Draw a circle
around the
homologous chromosomes
and a box around the
sister chromatids. (You don’t
need to show the
genes.)