unit 3 meiosis
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In humans, somatic cells (body cells) have:• 23 pairs of homologous chromosomes and• one member of each pair from each parent.
The human sex chromosomes (Gonosomes)
X and Y differ in size and genetic composition. The other 22 pairs of chromosomes are
autosomes with the same size and genetic composition.
1. CHROMOSOMES ARE MATCHED IN HOMOLOGOUS PAIRS
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Homologous chromosomes are matched in:• length,• centromere position, and• gene locations (locus).
A locus (plural, loci) is the position of a gene. Different versions (alleles) of a gene may be
found at the same locus on maternal and paternal chromosomes.
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Centromere
Homologous chromosome pair
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Centromere
Humans and most animals and plants have diploid body cells.
That means they have two sets of chromosomes
(homologous chromosome pair) one from each
parent. Diploid is written 2n. It refers to the total number of chromosomes
a cell can have.
2. GAMETES HAVE A SINGLE SET OF CHROMOSOMES
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Meiosis is a process that converts diploid nuclei to haploid nuclei.• Diploid cells have 2 sets of chromosomes.• Haploid cells have 1 set of chromosomes.• Meiosis occurs in the sex organs,
producing gametes—sperm and eggs. Fertilization is the fusion of a sperm and egg
cell. The zygote has a diploid chromosome
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Haploid gametes (n 23)
Egg cell
Sperm cell
Fertilization
n
n
Meiosis
Ovary Testis
Diploidzygote(2n 46)
2n
MitosisKey
Haploid stage (n)Diploid stage (2n)
Multicellular diploidadults (2n 46)
A life cycle
All sexual life cycles include an alternation between• a diploid stage and• a haploid stage.
Why is meiosis so important? It produces haploid gametes which prevents the chromosome number from doubling in every generation. Produce gametes for fertilization.
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Meiosis is a type of cell division that produces haploid gametes from diploid cells.
Two haploid gametes combine in fertilization to restore the diploid state in the zygote.
3. MEIOSIS
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SUMMERY OF THE MEIOSIS PROCESS
MEIOSIS I consisting of 5 phases: Interphase I, Prophase I, Metaphase I,
Anaphase I, Telophase I.MEIOSIS II consisting of 4 phases
Prophase II, Metaphase II, Anaphase II, Telophase II.
MEIOSIS HAS 2 STAGES:
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Cell build up energyDNA Replication (to make
duplicated chromosomesCell doesn’t change
structurally.
MEIOSIS I : INTERPHASE
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Events occurring in the nucleus:
• Chromosomes coil and become individual chromo-somes, nucleolus and nuclear envelope disappear.
• Homologous chromosomes come together as pairs by synapsis forming a tetrad (Each pair, with four chromatids)
• Non-sister chromatids exchange genetic material through the process of crossing over to ensure genetic variation.
• Centrioli move to opposite poles with spindle fibers between them.
MEIOSIS I : PROPHASE I
MEIOSIS I : PROPHASE I
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Genetic recombination is the production of new combinations of genes due to crossing over.
Crossing over is an exchange of genesbetween separate (non-sister) chromatids on homologous chromosomes.• Non-sister chromatids join at a chiasma
(plural, chiasmata), the site of attachment.• Genetic material are exchanged between
maternal and paternal (nonsister) chromatids.
CROSSING OVER
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CROSSING OVER
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Centrioli has reached the poles.
Homologous pairs align at the cell equator.
The two chromosomes attach to one spindle fiber by means of the kinetochore of the centromere.
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MEIOSIS I: METAPHASE I
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Spindle fibers contract. Duplicated chromosomes
move to opposite poles..
MEIOSIS I: ANAPHASE I
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• Duplicated chromosomes have reached the poles.
• A nuclear envelope and nucleolus re-forms around chromosomes.
• Each nucleus now has the haploid number of chromosomes.
• Cell invaginates forming a cleavage furrow, which extends to for 2 separate haploid cells.
MEIOSIS I: TELOPHASE I
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Follows meiosis I without chromosome duplication.
Each of the two haploid products enters meiosis II.
MEIOSIS II
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• Chromosomes coil and become compact (if uncoiled after telophase I).
• Nuclear envelope and nucleolus, if re-formed, dissappears again.
• Centrioli move to opposite poles, forming spindle fibers between them.
MEIOSIS II: PROPHASE II
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• Individual duplicated chromosomes align on the equator.
• One chromosome per spindle fiber attached by means of kinetochore of centromere.
• Centrioli has reached the poles.
MEIOSIS II: METAPHASE II
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• Spindle fibers contract.• Duplicated chromosomes
split in half (centromere dividing in 2)
• Daughter chromosomes move to opposite poles.
MEIOSIS II: ANAPHASE II
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• Daughter chromosomes has reached the poles.
• Two cells invaginate and form 4 daughter haploid cells (gametes)
• They uncoil and form chromatin.• Nuclear envelope and
nucleolus for around chromatin again.
• Centrioli for centrosome.
MEIOSIS II: TELOPHASE II
SUMMERY OF MEIOSIS II
Prophase II Metaphase II Anaphase II
Haploid daughtercells forming
Telophase IIand Cytokinesis
Mitosis and meiosis both• begin with diploid parent cells that • have chromosomes duplicated during the
previous interphase. However the end products differ.
• Mitosis produces two genetically identical diploid somatic daughter cells.
• Meiosis produces four genetically unique haploid gametes.
4. SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MITOSIS AND MEIOSIS
• Independent orientation at metaphase I
• Random fertilization.
• Crossing over of genes during prophase I
5. GENETIC VARIATION IN GAMETES RESULTS FROM:
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6. KARYOTYPE
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• A karyotype is an ordered display of magnified images of an individual’s chromosomes arranged in pairs.
• Karyotypes allow for the observation of : homologous chromosome pairs, chromosome number, and chromosome structure.
SCIENTIST OBSERVING A HUMAN KARYOTYPE
Centromere
Sisterchromatids
Pair ofhomologouschromosomes
Sex chromosomes
An extra copy of chromosome 21 causes Down syndrome or also known as TRISOMY 21.
A. Trisomy 21
• involves the inheritance of three copies of chromosome 21 and
• is the most common human chromosome abnormality.
7. ALTERATION IN CHROMOSOME NUMBER
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Down syndrome
Trisomy 21 produces a characteristic set of symptoms, which include: • mental retardation,• characteristic facial features,• short stature,• heart defects,• susceptibility to respiratory infections, leukemia,
and Alzheimer’s disease, and• shortened life span.
The incidence increases with the age of the mother.
Nondisjunction is the failure of chromosomes or chromatids to separate normally during meiosis. This can happen during:
• meiosis I, if both members of a homologous pair go to one pole or
• meiosis II if both sister chromatids go to one pole. Fertilization after nondisjunction yields zygotes with
altered numbers of chromosomes.
B. ACCIDENTS DURING MEIOSIS CAN ALTER CHROMOSOME NUMBER
Nondisjunction
MEIOSIS I
MEIOSIS II
Normalmeiosis II
Gametes
Number ofchromosomes
Abnormal gametes
n 1 n 1 n 1 n 1
Normalmeiosis I
MEIOSIS I
MEIOSIS II
Nondisjunction
Abnormal gametes Normal gametes
n 1 n 1 n n
Sex chromosome abnormalities tend to be less severe, perhaps because of• the small size of the Y chromosome
or• X-chromosome inactivation.
C. ABNORMAL NUMBERS OF SEX CHROMOSOMES
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In general,• a single Y chromosome is enough to produce
“maleness,” even in combination with several X chromosomes, and
• the absence of a Y chromosome yields “femaleness.”
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The following table lists the most common human sex chromosome abnormalities.
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Errors in mitosis or meiosis may produce polyploid species, with more than two chromosome sets.
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D. NEW SPECIES CAN ARISE FROM ERRORS IN CELL DIVISION
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Chromosome breakage can lead to rearrangements that can produce:
• genetic disorders or,
• if changes occur in somatic cells, cancer.
8. ALTERATIONS OF CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE
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• a deletion, the loss of a chromosome segment,
• a duplication, the repeat of a chromosome segment,
• an inversion, the reversal of a chromosome segment, or
• a translocation, the attachment of a segment to a nonhomologous chromosome that can be reciprocal.
THESE REARRANGEMENTS MAY INCLUDE:
THESE REARRANGEMENTS MAY INCLUDE:
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Deletion
Duplication
Inversion
Reciprocal translocation
Homologouschromosomes Nonhomologous
chromosomes