(a) Hydra (b) Redwoods

Parent

Bud

0.5 mm

1

Pair of homologousreplicated chromosomes

Centromere

Sisterchromatids

Metaphasechromosome

5 µm

2

Key

Maternal set ofchromosomes (n = 3)

Paternal set ofchromosomes (n = 3)

2n = 6

Centromere

Two sister chromatidsof one replicatedchromosome

Two nonsisterchromatids ina homologous pair

Pair of homologouschromosomes(one from each set)

3

KeyHaploid (n)Diploid (2n)

Haploid gametes (n = 23)

Egg (n)

Sperm (n)

MEIOSIS FERTILIZATION

Ovary Testis

Diploidzygote(2n = 46)

Mitosis anddevelopment

Multicellular diploidadults (2n = 46)

4

Key

Haploid (n)

Diploid (2n)

n nGametes

nn n

Mitosis

MEIOSIS FERTILIZATION

MEIOSIS

2n 2nZygote2n

Mitosis

Diploidmulticellularorganism

(a) Animals

Spores

Diploidmulticellularorganism(sporophyte)

(b) Plants and some algae

2n

Mitosis

Gametes

Mitosisn

nn

Zygote

FERTILIZATION

n

n

nMitosis

Zygote

(c) Most fungi and some protists

MEIOSIS FERTILIZATION

2n

Gametes

n

n

Mitosis

Haploid multi-cellular organism(gametophyte)

Haploid unicellular ormulticellular organism

5

Interphase

Homologous pair of chromosomesin diploid parent cell

Chromosomesreplicate

Homologous pair of replicated chromosomes

Sisterchromatids Diploid cell with

replicated chromosomes

Meiosis I

Homologouschromosomesseparate

1

Haploid cells withreplicated chromosomes

Meiosis II

2 Sister chromatidsseparate

Haploid cells with unreplicated chromosomes

6

Prophase I Metaphase I Anaphase ITelophase I and

CytokinesisProphase II Metaphase II Anaphase II Telophase II and

Cytokinesis

Centrosome(with centriole pair)

Sisterchromatids Chiasmata

Spindle

Homologouschromosomes

Fragmentsof nuclearenvelope

Centromere(with kinetochore)

Metaphaseplate

Microtubuleattached tokinetochore

Sister chromatidsremain attached

Homologouschromosomesseparate

Cleavagefurrow

Sister chromatidsseparate Haploid daughter cells

forming

7

MITOSIS MEIOSIS

MEIOSIS I

Prophase I

Chiasma

Chromosomereplication

Homologouschromosomepair

Chromosomereplication

2n = 6

Parent cell

Prophase

Replicated chromosome

Metaphase Metaphase I

Anaphase ITelophase I

Haploid n = 3

Daughter cells ofmeiosis I

MEIOSIS II

Daughter cells of meiosis II

nnnn

2n2n

Daughter cellsof mitosis

AnaphaseTelophase

8

SUMMARY

MeiosisMitosisProperty

DNAreplication

Number ofdivisions

Occurs during interphase beforemitosis begins

One, including prophase, metaphase,anaphase, and telophase

Synapsis ofhomologouschromosomes

Does not occur

Number ofdaughter cellsand geneticcomposition

Two, each diploid (2n) and geneticallyidentical to the parent cell

Role in theanimal body

Enables multicellular adult to arise fromzygote; produces cells for growth, repair,and, in some species, asexual reproduction

Occurs during interphase before meiosis I begins

Two, each including prophase, metaphase, anaphase, andtelophase

Occurs during prophase I along with crossing overbetween nonsister chromatids; resulting chiasmatahold pairs together due to sister chromatid cohesion

Four, each haploid (n), containing half as many chromosomesas the parent cell; genetically different from the parentcell and from each other

Produces gametes; reduces number of chromosomes by halfand introduces genetic variability among the gametes

9

Possibility 1 Possibility 2

Two equally probablearrangements ofchromosomes at

metaphase I

Metaphase II

Daughtercells

Combination 1 Combination 2 Combination 3 Combination 4

10

Prophase Iof meiosis

Pair ofhomologs

Nonsisterchromatidsheld togetherduring synapsis

Chiasma

Centromere

Anaphase I

Anaphase II

Daughtercells

Recombinant chromosomes

TEM

11