Biology: Concepts and Investigations
Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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ISBN: 9781260542202
Author: Marielle Hoefnagels
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Higher Education (us)
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Draw all possible metaphase I chromosomal arrangements for a cell with a diploid number of 8. How many unique gametes are possible for this species? Is this number an underestimate or an overestimate? Why?

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The diagram below shows a cell during Meiosis II: a) What phase of Meiosis II is the cell in? How do you know? b) Assuming all of the chromosomes present during Meiosis II are shown in the figure above, how many chromosomes (counting homologous pairs as two chromosomes) does a gamete from this organism have? c) Draw the same cell during the same phase of Meiosis I. Label the elements
a.  What phase of Meiosis II is the cell in? How do you know?  b.  Assuming all of the chromosomes present during Meiosis II are shown in the figure above, how many chromosomes (counting homologous pairs as two chromosomes) does a gamete from this organism have?  c. Draw the same cell during the same phase of Meiosis I. Label the elements.
During metaphase I of meiosis, tetrads align along the metaphase plate independently of each other. Therefore, there is a random “shuffle” of maternal and paternal chromosomes in the resulting gametes.The following diagram demonstrates how this works in a diploid cell with four chromosomes (2n=4) . Because there are two pairs of chromosomes and each pair can align in one of two ways during metaphase I, the number of possible variations in the gametes produced is 22 or 4.For an organism that is , there are three pairs of chromosomes, so the number of possible variations in the gametes produced due to independent assortment in metaphase I is 23 or 8. In an organism with a haploid number of 7, how many possible combinations of maternal and paternal chromosomes can occur in its gametes?   a. 72=49 b. 27=128 c.17=1 d. 214=16 384
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