Chapter 13 Homework Questions

 

 

 

 

 

1.         What is a gene?

 

 

 

2.         How does meiosis differ from mitosis?

 

 

 

3.         What are the phases of meiosis?

 

 

 

4.         Would a clone be considered a product of sexual and asexual reproduction? Explain

 

 

 

5.         Draw a diagram of a meiosis?

 

 

 

6.         How does genetic variation come about?

 

 

 

7.         How many homologous chromosomes are there in a human somatic cell?  Explain.

 

 

 

8.         Explain the term chiasmata?