Chapter 8

What are the two critical events in sexual reproduction in eukaryotes?

Distinguish between chiasma and crossing-over; between synaptonemal complex and synapsis.

What is the principal difference between meiotic anaphase I and meiotic anaphase II?

In what ways is meiosis different from mitosis?

Distinguish between the following terms: gene and allele; genotype and phenotype; epistasis and pleiotropy.

Explain how the movement of chromosomes during meiosis relates to Mendel's two principles, or laws.