Meiosis Lesson Plan
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Class
Date
11.4
Meiosis
Lesson Objectives
Contrast the number of chromosomes in body cells and in gametes.
Summarize the events of meiosis.
Contrast meiosis and mitosis.
Describe how alleles from different genes can be inherited together.
BUILD
Vocabulary
A. The chart below shows key terms from the lesson with their definitions. Complete the chart by
writing a strategy to help you remember the meaning of each term. One has been done for you.
Term
Definition
How I’m Going to Remember the
Meaning
Crossing-over
Exchange of DNA by the
In crossing-over, tetrads cross their arms to
chromatids in a tetrad
swap DNA.
Diploid
Two sets of chromosomes,
one from each parent
Haploid
One set of chromosomes
Homologous
Chromosomes in which one
set comes from the female
parent and one from the male
parent
Meiosis
Cell division in which gametes
are produced
Tetrad
A set of four chromatids
formed by two pairs of
replicated chromosomes
Zygote
Cell produced by the union of
egg and sperm
B. As you work through this lesson, you may find these terms in the activities. When you need to
write a key term or a definition, highlight the term or the definition.
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