Meiosis Homework Questions
What is the difference between metaphase I and metaphase II?
What is the difference between anaphase I and anaphase II?
Which stage of meiosis (I or II) is most like mitosis? Explain.
How are haploid cells different from diploid cells in humans?
What is a tetrad?
What are homologous chromosomes? Do homologous chromosomes have the
same number of genes?
8. Do homologous chromosomes have identical genes? Explain.
10. Explain why synapsis may lead to the exchange of genetic information.
11. How is crossing over different from independent assortment?
12. Compare the key similarities and differences between spermatogenesis and
Oogenesis.
13. A muscle cell of a mouse contains 22 chromosomes. Based on this information,
how many chromosomes are there in the following types of mouse cells?
1. Daughter muscle cell formed from mitosis
2. Egg cell
3. Fertilized egg cell
14. When meiosis occur in females, the cytoplasm is not divided equally among the
resulting four cells. Explain why.
15. Draw a diagram of meiosis to show how a female child is produced from the union
of a sperm and an egg.
16. Fill in the blanks:
A diploid cell undergoes ______nuclear division(s) in mitosis. Mitosis produces
_____diploid cells.
A diploid cell undergoes ______nuclear division(s) in meiosis. Meiosis produces
_____haploid daughter cells.
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The Difference Between Mitosis & Meiosis
Mitotic Cell
Division
Cell type of parent (2n or n)
Cell type of daughter cell(s)
(2n or n)
Number of daughter cells produced
Genetic relationship of daughter cells to parent cells
and to each other (identical or unique)
Number of cell division
Meiotic Cell
Division