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Independent assortment occurs because there are various ways that chromosomes may be aligned in meta phase 1 and meiosis. ChaCha on!
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In a eukaryotic cell, chromosomes are found in the nucleus. The nucleus is often referred to as the "powerhouse" of the cell, due to its ability to store information and coordinate activities such as protein synthesis and DNA replication.
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Eukaryotes have a nucleus. Their chromosomes can create more complex life forms than prokaryotes. ChaCha!
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The physical basis of the independent assortment of chromosomes is the random orientation of each bivalent along the metaphase plate, with respect to the orientation of the other bivalents along the same equatorial line. Live long and ChaCha!
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1n = haploid 2n = diploid 1n is the number of chromosomes in the gametes (and gametophytes in plants). 2n is the numberof chromosomes in the zygote after fertilization and in the mature individual that develops from the zygote. In plants his would
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Knowing how many chromosomes are in your breast cancer cells gives your doctor an idea of how fast your tumor is growing. Ploidy is a measurement of the number of chromosomes in cancer cells. Diploid cells in the breast have a normal number of
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Sperm cells carry only paternal DNA from the father. The maternal DNA is that which is inside the egg cell. Actually, the maternal genome isn't even present until after the sperm cell penetrates the egg and the act of fertilization triggers the
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Chromosomes can also be thought of as similar to a ball of wool - if you were to unravel the chromosome; like you would unravel a ball of wool; you would find long lengths of DNA – this is like the ‘thread’ of the ball of wool. Sections of DNA make
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A somatic cell (diploid) is any biological cell forming the body of an organism. An organism with somatic cells containing 12 chromosomes each will be organized into 6 pairs. ChaCha!
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Such germinal line mutations induced by alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking are highly unlikely. If such mutations were possible these two mutagens would have been banned long ago. Before any new variant hereditary state can be ascribed to
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