Glossary: Meiosis
Review the definitions of terms from the Meiosis pathway in this glossary.
Topics
- glossary
- allele
- aneuploidy
- cell division
- centromere
- centrosome
- chromatid
- chromosome
- cleavage furrow
- condensed chromosome
- contractile ring
- crossing over
- cytokinesis
- cytoplasmic division
- decondensed chromosome
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- DNA
- diploid
- DNA replication
- Down syndrome
- eukaryote
- fertilization
- gamete
- gene
- genetic variation
- germ cell
- haploid
- homologous chromosomes
- homologs
- independent assortment
- interphase
- kinetochore
- loci
- locus
- map distance
- map unit
- meiosis
- meiosis I
- meiosis II
- meiotic spindle
- metaphase plate
- microtubules
- mitosis
- monosomy
- mutant allele
- non-sister chromatids
- nondisjunction
- nuclear division
- nucleus
- organelle duplication
- parental chromatid
- parental type
- reciprocal exchange
- recombinant chromatid
- recombinant type
- recombination
- recombination frequency
- RF
- replicated chromosome
- sexual life cycle
- sexual reproduction
- sister chromatids
- sordaria fimicola
- strain
- synapsis
- trisomy
- unreplicated chromosome
- wild-type allele
- zygote