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Homologous chromosomes in pro-phase 1 arrange themselves as tetrads. A tetrad is a set of four copies of a chromosome--the two original pairs, and the two copies the cell has made.
interphase
Metaphase
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Before a cell can divide, it must produce a new copy of each of its chromosomes, and it does this during a specific part of interphase called the DNA-synthesis phase, or S phase, of the cell-division cycle; the part of interphase preceding S phase is called Gap 1, or G1, and the part following S phase is called Gap 2, or G2. In a typical higher eucaryotic cell the S phase lasts for about 8 hours. By its end each chromosome has been replicated to produce two complete copies, which remain joined together at their centromeres until the M phase that soon follows. Chromosome duplication requires both the replication of the long DNA molecule in each chromosome and the assembly of a new set of chromosomal proteins onto the DNA to form chromatin. (copied chromosome)
A trisomy is a condition in which a person has three copies of a chromosome instead of the usual two copies. A person can have full trisomy (three copies in every cell) or mosaic trisomy (three copies in some cells but not all).
Homologous chromosomes in pro-phase 1 arrange themselves as tetrads. A tetrad is a set of four copies of a chromosome--the two original pairs, and the two copies the cell has made.
interphase
A cell with two copies of each chromosome is called a diploid cell. A cell with one copy is called a haploid cell.
The process by which a daughter cell accidentally get two copies of a chromosome is called "nondisjuction".
Interphase
Metaphase
A cell with two copies of each chromosome is called a diploid cell. A cell with one copy is called a haploid cell.
This is the phase in which DNA is replicated.
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a cell that has one copy of each chromosome is a haploid cell. Cells with 2 copies are known as diploid cells
Before a cell can divide, it must produce a new copy of each of its chromosomes, and it does this during a specific part of interphase called the DNA-synthesis phase, or S phase, of the cell-division cycle; the part of interphase preceding S phase is called Gap 1, or G1, and the part following S phase is called Gap 2, or G2. In a typical higher eucaryotic cell the S phase lasts for about 8 hours. By its end each chromosome has been replicated to produce two complete copies, which remain joined together at their centromeres until the M phase that soon follows. Chromosome duplication requires both the replication of the long DNA molecule in each chromosome and the assembly of a new set of chromosomal proteins onto the DNA to form chromatin. (copied chromosome)