Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Passage of information from parents to offspring

Passage of information from parents to offspring — practice question

In sexual reproduction, meiosis takes place to form haploid gametes from a diploid cell.
(a)[2]

Explain what the terms haploid and diploid mean.

(b)[4]

Describe the behaviour of chromosomes through the main stages of meiosis I in animal cells: prophase I, metaphase I, anaphase I and telophase I.

(c)[1]

The formation of haploid gametes by meiosis also includes division of the cytoplasm. State the term used for this division of the cytoplasm.

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