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Meiosis:
Chapter 13 Learning Objectives:
After studying this material you should be able to:
1. Compare and contrast sexual and asexual reproduction – what are the advantages and disadvantages of each?
2. Explain why offspring resemble their siblings and parents.
3. Explain why offspring do not resemble their siblings and parents – what three mechanisms support the potential for various differences.
4. List the phases of meiosis I and meiosis II and describe the events characteristic of each phase.
5. Identify the phases of meiosis I and meiosis II from diagrams or micrographs.
6. Draw the phases of meiosis and explain the major events taking place in each phase.
7. Describe the process of synapsis during prophase I and explain how genetic recombination occurs.
8. Describe key differences between mitosis and meiosis.
9. Explain how the end result of meiosis differs from mitosis.
10. Define independent assortment and crossing over and what happens in each.
11. Explain how independent assortment, crossing over, and random fertilization contribute to genetic variation in sexually reproducing organisms.
12. Explain why heritable variation was crucial to Darwin’s theory of natural selection as a mechanism for evolution.