What is the definition of a haploid cell?
It has double the amount of genetic information as a normal cell
It has half the amount of genetic information as a normal cell
It is half a cell
It is a heart cell
Name one site in an animal where meiosis occurs
testes
anther
pollen
ovules
What name is given to points of contact between adjacent chromatids during the first meiotic division?
chromosome complement
centromere
chiasmata
homologous
Are the products of the first meiotic division haploid or diploid?
haploid
diploid
Identify the two ways in which new combinations of existing alleles may arise during meiosis.
Crossing over
Speciation
Independent assortment
Homologous pairs
What is meiosis? (tick all that apply)
a type of cell division
produces a zygote
occurs only in plants
occurs only in gamete mother cells
results in variation
Gamete mother cells are haploid
Where does mitosis occur?
sex organs
body tissues
in root and shoot tips
in agar culture
What is the name of a fertilised sex cell?
a zygote
a polyploid
a cellulate
a gamete
