Meiosis Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• meiosis: process in eukaryotic, sexually-reproducing animals.
• synapsis: pairing of chromosomes.
• chiasma: the location where the exchange of gene segments happen.
• pachytene: exchange of gene segments between two non-sister chromatid.
• gametes: the reproductive cells of an organism.
• prokaryotic: a cell that is unicellular.
• diplotene: bivalent chromosomes unbutton themselves.
• diploid: type of cell that has two set of chromosomes.
• zygotene: synapsis occurs.
• haploid: type of cell that has only one set of chromosomes.
• diakinesis: homologous chromosomes completely separate from each other.
• bivalent: term used for a pair of chromosomes.
• eukaryotic: a cell that is multicellular.
• crossing over: the process of exchange of gene segments.
• leptotene: chromosomes show condensation.