Home of the Spartans What is the purpose of Meiosis and Mitosis

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Genetic information is
stored in what?
Homologous
chromosomes come
from?
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What is the purpose of Meiosis and Mitosis?
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Red comes from:
Blue comes from:
What are the 5 phases?
Chromosomes are duplicated
Chromosomes condense in pairs
Chromosomes line up in the middle
and attach to each pole
Homologous chromosomes separate and move
to opposite poles
Cell division complete
What is independent
assortment? How does
it increase genetic
variation?
What is crossing over?
How does it increase
genetic variation?
What is random
fertilization? How does
it increase genetic
variation?
Summary, Reflection, Analysis
The purpose of Mitosis is
The purpose of Meiosis is
Explain (in terms of the number of chromosomes) why these two processes are important.
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