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Chapter 11: Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction
The ability to reproduce is a basic characteristic of all organisms: Hippopotamuses give birth to hippopotamus calves; Joshua trees produce seeds from which Joshua tree seedlings emerge; and adult fla
1. Chapter 11: Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction
Chapter 11: Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction
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life-cycle type in which the diploid and haploid stages alternate
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(singular, chiasma) the structure that forms at the crossover points after genetic material is exchanged
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proteins that form a complex that seals sister chromatids together at their centromeres until anaphase II of meiosis
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exchange of genetic material between nonsister chromatids resulting in chromosomes that incorporate genes from both parents of the organism
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