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Concepts of Genetics

Robert Brooker

Chapter 2

REPRODUCTION AND CHROMOSOME TRANSMISSION - all with Video Answers

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Problem 1

Describe the attachments of kinetochore microtubules to sister chromatids and to the spindle poles during metaphase of mitosis, meiosis I, and meiosis II.

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Problem 2

What are the key differences for anaphase when comparing mitosis, meiosis I, and meiosis II?

Dr. Anas Syed
Dr. Anas Syed
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01:32

Problem 3

Among different plant species, both male and female gametophytes can be produced by single individuals or by separate sexes. In some species, such as the garden pea, a single individual can produce both male and female gametophytes. Fertilization takes place via self-fertilization or cross-fertilization. A plant species that has a single type of flower producing both pollen and eggs is termed a monoclinous plant. In other plant species, two different types of flowers produce either pollen or eggs. When both flower types are on a single individual, such a species is termed monoecious. It is most common for the "male flowers" to be produced near the top of the plant and the "female flowers" toward the bottom. Though less common, some species of plants are dioecious. For dioecious species, one individual makes either male flowers or female flowers, but not both.

Based on your personal observations of plants, try to give examples of monoclinous, monoecious, and dioecious plants.

Nimi Das
Nimi Das
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10:46

Problem 4

A diploid cell has eight chromosomes, four per set. For the following diagram, in what phase of mitosis, meiosis I or meiosis II, is this cell ?
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Nicole Hewett
Nicole Hewett
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