Meiosis Crossword Puzzle
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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.
