Meiosis Square Dance
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1. Where in the male fruit fly is the meiosis
square dance taking place?
“DaNA, DaNA?? Oh! Hello! I’m DaNA chromosome. The
meiosis square dance is about to start and I’m looking for
my partner DaNA.”
2. Why must DaNA replicate before the
meiosis square dance begins?
“DaNA! Hurry! We have to coil up soon!”
“Ok ok! I’m duplicating as fast as I can!”
3. This represents what stage of meiosis?
“Ah, there’s the music! Quick, coil up!”
Coil up, coil up, coil up tight
If we’re to do meiosis right.
Interphase one is almost done
Marks the start of prophase one.
Now face your partners and to them bow
Do-si-do crossover now.
Allemade left with your left hand
Promenade around the land.
Now grab your partner’s chromatid
Crossing arms you’ll be glad you did.
4. When does the coiling of chromatin
(DNA) into chromosomes take place?
5. “Face your partners”…what pairs up
during prophase one?
6. “Crossing arms you’ll be glad you did”…
what happens when chromosomes cross
over?
The nuclear membrane breaks down here
Attach a fiber to your centromere.
7. What are the “fibers?”
The fibers pull, the dance is done
Hold on tight it’s metaphase one.
Couples move to the central plate
It’s anaphase one so you separate.
Now wave goodbye to reach your goal
Each partner move to the other pole.
8. “Couples move to the central plate”…what
does this mean?
9. Who is moving to the poles of the cell in
anaphase one of the meiosis square
dance?
Telophase one is mighty sad
You’re all alone, lost what you had.
10. Why are the chromosomes sad in
telophase one?
Together we’ll no longer be
These parts of you will be dear to me.
11. Why is there no interphase two?
Prophase, prophase, prophase two
The spindle’s coming after you.
With a fiber stuck to your centromere
You’re pulled into the center here.
On the central plate for metaphase two
Just like before it’s déjà vu.
At interphase one you duplicate
So that now you can separate.
The fibers tugging, this is it
Time for your chromatids to split.
Anaphase, anaphase, anaphase two
This time you wave goodbye to you.
12. What happens in prophase two?
13. Where does the spindle fiber attach
during metaphase?
14. How do the chromosomes line up in
metaphase two?
15. What is meant by the single when he tells
the chromosomes to “say goodbye to you”
during anaphase two?
At telophase two half the team’s on hand
You’re feeling sad your’re a single strand.
Now this is just your normal state
With some luck you’ll procreate.
So rest awhile and unwind too
As the nuclear membrane surrounds you.
Now meiosis is complete
Four nuclei from one’s the treat.
16. Chromosomes are a single strand during
which phase?
17. What reforms during telophase two?
18. Meiosis produces how many
nuclei/daughter cells?
The cytoplasm will divide
Four gametes formed with you inside.
And if we zoom out you will find
Many more of the same kind.
And if you’re wondering what’s in you
It’s all so you can reproduce…reproduce!
19. “Four gametes formed with YOU
inside”…what does this mean?
20. “It’s all so you can reproduce”… defend
this statement.