Meiosis

• What is it called when gametes only have half the genetic material of a normal cell?

  Haploid cell
• What is it called once the cell has genetic materials from both parents?

  Diploid
• What do chromosomes contain?


  Genetic information
• What are the chromosomes called from the mother?

  Maternal chromosomes
• What are the chromosomes called from the father?

  Paternal chromosomes
• What happens to the chromosomes when the chromosome pairs are pulled apart?


  The chromosomes will be randomly distributed
• What is another name for gametes?


  Sex cells
• What does the term haploid mean?


  A cell that only has half of the normal amount of genetic material
• During meiosis, how many times does a cell divide?


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