Explain the difference between homologous chromosome pairs and sister chromatids.

Q: Explain Interphase Chromosome Territories.

A: DNA replication takes place prior to the cell division and prepares the cell for mitosis and…

Q: Explain Briefly about Topological Domains Within Chromosome Territories.

A: The topological domain within chromosome territories can be observed during the cell division, and…

Q: Describe the structure of a duplicated chromosome, including the sister chromatids, centromeres, and…

A: Introduction  Chromosomes are nothing but highly condensed form of the chromatin fibre. There are…

Q: Differentiate among somatic cells, gametes, and zygotes with regard to the number and origin of…

A: An organism contains different types of cells in their body. They maybe different in the function…

Q: Briefly explain the difference between  aneuploidy and polyploidy

A: Ploidy is defined as the number of complete or entire sets of chromosomes present in a cell. Hence,…

Q: Compare and contrast Somatic and Sex cells (gametes)

A: Cell is the structural and functional unit of life. There are two types of cell - somatic cells are…

Q: Distinguish between a sister chromatid and a chromosome.

A: Introduction  Chromosomes are referred to the condensed stage of chromatin fibre. Chromosomes are…

Q: 2 4 3' Match the diagram with the correct term listed below. Structures Number Homologous…

A: Chromosomes are highly coiled and condensed structures of DNA that are visible in the cell during…

Q: Distinguish anaphase of mitosis from anaphase I of meiosis.

A: The cell cycle is the series of events that takes place in the cell that results in the duplication…

Q: Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between homologous chromosomes.

A: The thread-like structure present inside the nucleus is called a chromosome. The chromosome is…

Q: Compare and contrast between mitosis and meiosis process.

A: Cell division is a process in which a parent cell divides into daughter cells. There are two types…

Q: Non-sister chromatids Sister chromatids Sister chromatids 2 3

A: There are different forms of living organisms present in nature. All living organisms possess…

Q: Draw a diagram of the cell cycle and label the phases (G1, S, G2, M). Indicate the phase when…

A: Cell cycle is the typical series of events that take place in the cell when it grows and divides.…

Q: Draw and describe the different stages of meiosis of a cell with 6 chromosomes

A: Meiosis is a procedure in which a single cell divides twofold to form four cells with half the…

Q: Describe human diseases caused by changes in thenumber of sex chromosomes.

A: The sex chromosome in humans are X and Y where XX is for females and XY is for males. The disorders…

Q: List the differences between sister chromatids and nonsister chromatids

A: Definition Sister chromatids are two replicated chromatids of a chromosome . Non-sister  chromatids…

Q: Identify the number of chromosomes found in the daughter cells produced by mitosis and meiosis.

A: Introduction  As we know all cells with some exceptions undergoes cell division in order to…

Q: Understand how meiosis reduces the chromosomenumber from diploid to haploid.

A: Meiosis is a type of cell division in which chromosome number is halved to produce haploid cells.…

Q: Define Sister Chromatids in own words

A: Chromosomes are thread-like structures that are made up of proteins and DNA organized into genes and…

Q: Explain the Chromosome condition in which a diploid cell has one more chromosome than normal ?

A: Human cells contain 46 chromosomes that appear in a pair of 23 chromosomes. These chromosomes carry…

Q: Contrast telophase in plant and animal mitosis.

A: The process by which a single cell divides into two daughter cells that are identical is called…

Q: Distinguish between homologous chromosomes and sister chromatids.

A: Chromosomes are filamentous bodies present in the nucleus. They are composed of DNA(…

Q: Define the following terms: a) sister chromatids:…

A: Genes act as the physical and functional unit of heredity.Genes are composed of DNA.Gene encodes for…

Q: Define these terms: kinetochore, centromere, unduplicated chromosome, duplicated chromosome, sister…

A: Cell division is the process by which a cell divides into two or four daughter cells depending upon…

Q: Describe the role of chiasmata in chromosomesegregation during meiosis

A: In the process of cell division, the chromatin present in the nucleus forms a thread-like structure…

Q: Describe how chromosomes behave in meiosis. State when chromosomes areduplicated (forming sister…

A: Mitosis and meiosis are the two types of cell division that occur during the M phase of the cell…

Q: Explain how the chromosome number of the daughtercell compares with the chromosome number of…

A: A gene is the essential physical and practical unit of heredity. Genes are comprised of DNA. A few…

Q: Explain how the separation of homologous chromosomes during meiosisaffects the appearance of…

A: DNA replication with the single round is followed by successive rounds of nuclear divisions during…

Q: The crossing over process occurs during meiosis II, which is an exchange of chromosome segments…

A: Meiosis l is reductional division whereas meiosis ll is equational division.Meiosis leads to the…

Q: Distinguish sister chromatids from homologous chromosomes.

A: Homologous Chromosomes Diploid cells have two sets of chromosomes, which are referred to as…

Q: Define sex chromosomes

A: The DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) that possess all the information about the genetic material of the…

Q: explain the difference between anaphase in mitosis and anaphase (1 and 2) in meiosis.

A: Mitotic cell division is a process where cell divided into two with same or equal number of…

Q: Name the phenomena that occur when homologous chromosomes do not separate during meiosis.

A: Meiosis is the type of cell division that occurs exclusively in gametes and results in the…

Q: Describe chromosome segregation

A: Chromosome is a compact form of a DNA wrapped around some proteins. DNA or deoxuribonucleic acid is…

Q: Describe metacentric chromosomes

A: Chromosomes are thread-like structure situated inside the nucleus of plant and animal cells. Each…

Q: Compare anaphase during mitosis, meiosis I and meiosis II

A: Difference between anaphase of meiosis-l, meiosis-ll and mitosis: 1. In meiosis-l the homologous…

Q: Describe the relationship between two homologous chromosomes in diploid

A: The two chromosomes in the pair of homologous chromosome are similar in shape and size, also they…

Q: Diagram metaphase and anaphase of mitosis, meiosis I and meiosis II in a cell containing two…

A: In meiosis, chromosomes replicates and then undergoes two nuclear division, to form four haploid…

Q: Diagram homologous recombination and indicate the associated phase(s) of the cell cycle. Does this…

A: All the events that occurs during cell division through which a cell divides into two daughter cells…

Q: Homologous chromosomes_____ . a. are inherited from two parents b. are sister chromatids c. are…

A: Chromosomes are the structures that become visible during cell division only.

Q: Explain homologous chromosomes, or homologs

A: Chromosomes are defined as the thread-like structures that are composed of nucleic acids wrapped…

Q: Explain Chromosome Structure and Compaction?

A: Chromosomes are thread like structures that carry the DNA and are present inside the cell. These…

Q: Sister chromatids of a chromosome are identical ________

A: Sister chromatids are two indistinguishable duplicates of a similar chromosome shaped by DNA…

Q: Describe the difference between mitosis and meiosis in term of number of divisions

A: There are 2 types of cell namely somatic cells and germ cells. Germ cells are aimed to produce…

Q: process of mitosis and meiosis

A: The life cycle of every single cell begins and ends with cell division. The cell division is of two…

Q: Complete the comparison chart below, briefly explaining what that occurs with the chromosomes of a…

A: Mitosis is an educational division. It mainatins the chromosome number from parent to daughter…

Q: Define and discuss these terms: sister chromatids

A: Chromosomes are thread-like structures which contain DNA, histone and non histone proteins. DNA…

Mitochondrial Mutations

A mitochondrion is a cellular organelle that serves as the site for cellular respiration and energy production (ATP or Adenosine Triphosphate). It is a double-membrane-bound organelle and is only present in eukaryotic cells.