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Understanding Meiosis A Step-by-Step Guide to Cell

This simulation guides students through meiosis, exploring cell division to form gametes. Activities include vocabulary, pre-lab questions, and step-by-step analysis to understand chromosome behavior, DNA replication, and genetic variation.

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Understanding Meiosis A Step-by-Step Guide to Cell - Page 1 preview imagew lGizmos\ame:Student Exploration: MeiosisDirections:F o l l o w the InetnjctlonB to go through the s l m J s t l t x i . Resporxl Io the q u e s t i o n s endprompts In the o r a n g e b o x e s .VcoatxjleryiarspnasedroTcscnte.crassorer, cytakheste dpkKd, D \ Adcmnart, gamete, genotype, germcal, hapldd hornclogcus drorncGomett. interphase, mei osls, m e t a c n a s eThoels, ovum, phenotype,prophase, recessve deter chromatid, sperm c 3 ,telophase, zygotePrior Knowledge QuesttensiDo these BEFORE ushig Tre Gizmo. )1.Curing mitosise single calOvides to produce two -daughter cells. Viral must happen in tieoriginal cellso that each of the da ughtef c 3 ehas a complete set o f c h r c m o e o m e e ’The cells must replicate their ctrandectnes IhrotcjiD \ Arep- leaner In 1he Synthesisface of the c 3cycle, and then spin the copied efternosanes n half. to assure thateach daughter celgate an equal amount2.Curing sexual reproducher.,twosex eels ti&e to create a feffiltedcell rftra complete set atdTcmcsomes. '.'.rat must be Hue about the r i m e rof Jiramosomes Ir each sex cell?5ath tiesex cells must gMe 23 dfranoGomefi, to equal n e46 chromosorres Tiat arepresent Ir the daughter cel.G i z m o Warm-upMafasJBis a type of cel dfcletor ihat results nfour daughter cells Wnaras many chromosomes as the parent cell. These daughter cel s mature Intogametes or eex cellsnthe ifebsftGzma, you '*11 leaTtiesteps hmelcsle ard experiment to produce x s t o m l z e c sex cells ar d cirspchg.On tire STEPS tac, cldc Mate Ya. areoocng al a germ cell , or a cell1hat '*11 undergo T-elosls to become gametes1.Read the cescrpllar dinterphaseat the bottom erf the Gizmo. VJnat happens to tie cell at lire beginningof Interphase?It npicateso r g a r e l e s , and synthestes m R \ A2.Clide on the DMAn m e nucleus or 1he cdl. Describe what happens.It repllcalee and expands the cell3.W r yis r necessary tor the cel to grow a r dduplicate Itsbefore lire start of meJoas?.oonrZ<K - mUOB3-1J-.
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Understanding Meiosis A Step-by-Step Guide to Cell - Page 2 preview image4.Observe:Telophase I and cytokinesis are the final steps of the first half of meiosis.A.Describe what happens when you click on thechromosomes during telophase 1They separate.B.Click and drag on the contractile ring. Describewhat happened during cytokinesis.They become different separated cells.5. Observe: Go through the steps of the second half of meiosis until you reach the end of telophase II,following the instructions at the top right comer. As you proceed, answer the questions below. Use the Backbutton if you need to see a step again.A.Before prophase II begins, does the DNA inthe cell duplicate itself?No, this occurs in interphase.B.During metaphase II, do homologouschromosomes pair up as in metaphase 1?NoC. How does anaphase II differ from anaphase 1?Anaphase 1 occurs in the parent cell,while anaphase occurs in the daughtercell.D. At the end of anaphase IL how manychromatids are on each side of the cell? ____8E.Are all of the cells the same size?___4The original parent cell is called diploid because it contains a complete set of homologouschromosome pairs. Each of the four daughter cells is haploid, meaning that each contains half ofthe original parent cell's chromosomes. Each daughter cell contains one chromatid from eachhomologous pair.6. Observe: Click on the spermatids. Spermatids that formed frommeiosis will develop into mature male gametes called sperm cells.
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