Genetics
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What is the cellular process between cell divisions?
The Cell Cycle
What is a somatic cell?
Cells that require growth and repair through mitosis. Ex. Skin cells, stomach cells.
What is chromatin?
Intertwined strands of genetic material that is only present for prophase and metaphase.
What is a centromere?
The pinched in region in a chromosome that holds the two halves together.
Each human somatic cell has __ chromosomes that can be organized into __ pairs with __ sex chromosomes.
46, 22, 2
What are the male and female sex chromosomes respectively?
XY, XX
The diploid number of chromosomes in humans is__ or _n and the haploid number is __ or _n.
46 or 2n. 23 or n.
If the diploid number of chromosomes an an organism is 10, what is the octoploid number?
40 because 10/2 and then 5x8.