1. Meiosis &
Sexual Reproduction
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2. Cell division / Asexual reproduction
 Mitosis
 produce cells with same information
 identical daughter cells
 exact copies
 clones
 same amount of DNA
 same number of chromosomes
 same genetic information
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3. Asexual reproduction
 Single-celled eukaryotes
 yeast (fungi)
 Protists
 Paramecium
 Amoeba
 Simple multicellular budding
eukaryotes budding
 Hydra
What are the
disadvantages of
asexual reproduction?
What are the
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4. How about the rest of us?
 What if a complex multicellular organism
(like us) wants to reproduce?
 joining of egg + sperm
 Do we make egg & sperm by mitosis? No!
What if we did, then….
46 + 46 92
egg sperm zygote
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5. Human female karyotype
46 chromosomes
23 pairs
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6. Human male karyotype
46 chromosomes
23 pairs
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7. Homologous chromosomes
 Paired chromosomes
 both chromosomes of a pair carry “matching” genes
 control same inherited characters
 homologous = same information
diploid single stranded
homologous
2n
chromosomes
2n = 4
double stranded
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homologous chromosomes

8. How do we make sperm & eggs?
 Must reduce 46 chromosomes → 23
 must reduce the number of chromosomes by half
zygote
46 23
23
meiosis
egg 46
23
46 23
fertilization
sperm
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9. Meiosis: production of gametes
 Alternating stages
 chromosome number
haploid
must be reduced
 diploid → haploid
 2n → n
 humans: 46 → 23
 meiosis reduces
chromosome number
 makes gametes
 fertilization restores
chromosome number
 haploid → diploid
 n → 2n diploid
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10. Sexual reproduction lifecycle
 2 copies
 diploid
 2n
 1 copy  1 copy
fertilization meiosis
 haploid  haploid
In the next
 1n generation…  1n
We’re mixing
things up here!
A good thing?
gametes gametes
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11. Meiosis
 Reduction Division
 special cell division for
sexual reproduction
 reduce 2n → 1n
 diploid → haploid
 “two” → “half”
 makes gametes
 sperm, eggs
Warning: meiosis evolved from mitosis, so stages
& “machinery” are similar but the processes are
AP radically different. Do not confuse the two!
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12. I.P.M.A.T.P.M.A.T
Overview of meiosis
2n = 4
interphase 1 prophase 1 metaphase 1 anaphase 1
n=2
n=2
prophase 2 metaphase 2 anaphase 2 telophase 2
n=2
telophase
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13. Double division
of meiosis
DNA replication
Repeat
I can’t Meiosis 1
after you!
hear me 1st division of
meiosis separates
homologous pairs
Meiosis 2
2nd division of
meiosis separates
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14. Preparing for meiosis
 1st step of meiosis
 Duplication of DNA
2n = 6
 Why bother? single
stranded
 meiosis evolved after mitosis
 convenient to use
“machinery” of mitosis
 DNA replicated in
S phase of interphase
of MEIOSIS
(just like in mitosis)
2n = 6
double
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15. 2n = 4
Meiosis 1 single
stranded
 1st division of meiosis
separates homologous pairs
2n = 4
double
prophase 1 stranded
synapsis
2n = 4
metaphase 1 double
stranded
tetrad reduction
telophase 1
1n = 2
I can’t
Repeat double
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hear me stranded

16. Meiosis 2
 2nd division of meiosis
1n = 2
separates sister double
chromatids stranded
prophase 2
What does
1n = 2
this division
look like?
double metaphase 2
stranded
1n = 2
single
stranded
4
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telophase 2

17. Steps of meiosis
 Meiosis 1 1st division of
 interphase meiosis separates
 prophase 1 homologous pairs
 metaphase 1
(2n → 1n)
 anaphase 1
“reduction division”
 telophase 1
 Meiosis 2 2nd division of
 prophase 2 meiosis separates
 metaphase 2 sister chromatids
 anaphase 2 (1n → 1n)
 telophase 2 * just like mitosis *
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18. Meiosis 1 & 2
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19. Trading pieces of DNA
 Crossing over prophase 1
 during Prophase 1, sister
chromatids intertwine
 homologous pairs swap
pieces of chromosome
 DNA breaks & re-attaches
synapsis
tetrad
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20. What are the
Crossing over advantages of
crossing over in
 3 steps sexual reproduction?
 cross over
 breakage of DNA
 re-fusing of DNA
 New combinations of traits
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21. Mitosis vs. Meiosis
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22. Mitosis vs. Meiosis
 Mitosis  Meiosis
 1 division  2 divisions
 daughter cells  daughter cells
genetically identical genetically different
to parent cell from parent
 produces 2 cells  produces 4 cells
 2n → 2n  2n → 1n
 produces cells for  produces gametes
growth & repair
 no crossing over  crossing over
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23. Putting it all together…
meiosis → fertilization → mitosis + development
gametes
46 23 46
23 46 46
meiosis egg 46 46 46
23 46 46
46
46 23 zygote
fertilization mitosis
sperm
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24. The value of sexual reproduction
 Sexual reproduction introduces genetic variation
 genetic recombination
 independent assortment of chromosomes
 random alignment of homologous chromosomes in Metaphase 1
 crossing over
 mixing of alleles across homologous chromosomes
 random fertilization
 which sperm fertilizes which egg?
 Driving evolution
 providing variation for natural selection
metaphase1
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25. Variation from genetic recombination
 Independent assortment of chromosomes
 meiosis introduces genetic variation
 gametes of offspring do not have same
combination of genes as gametes from
parents
 random assortment in humans produces
223 (8,388,608) different combinations in gametes
new gametes
from Mom
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26. Variation from crossing over
 Crossing over creates completely new
combinations of traits on each chromosome
 creates an infinite
variety in gametes
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27. Variation from random fertilization
 Sperm + Egg = ?
 any 2 parents will produce a zygote with
over 70 trillion (223 x 223) possible diploid
combinations
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28. Sexual reproduction creates variability
Sexual reproduction allows us to maintain both
genetic similarity & differences.
Jonas
Brothers
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Baldwin brothers Martin & Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez

29. Sperm production
Epididymis Testis
germ cell
(diploid)
Coiled
seminiferous
tubules
primary
spermatocyte
(diploid) MEIOSIS I
secondary
spermatocytes
(haploid)
MEIOSIS II
Vas deferens spermatids
(haploid)
spermatozoa
 Spermatogenesis
 continuous & prolific process
Cross-section of
seminiferous tubule
 each ejaculation =
100-600 million sperm
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30. Egg production
 Oogenesis
 eggs in ovaries halted
before Anaphase 1
 Meiosis 1 completed
during maturation
 Meiosis 2 completed
after fertilization unequal divisions
 1 egg + 2 polar bodies
Meiosis 1 completed
during egg maturation
ovulation
What is the advantage of
this development system?
Meiosis 2 completed
triggered by fertilization
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31. Putting all
your egg
Oogenesis in one basket!
primary follicles
germinal cell
(diploid) fallopian tube
fertilization
primary developing
oocyte follicle
(diploid)
MEIOSIS I mature follicle with
secondary secondary oocyte
first polar body oocyte
(haploid) ruptured follicle
(ovulation)
MEIOSIS II
after fertilization
ovum
(haploid)
second corpus luteum
polar body
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32. Differences across kingdoms
 Not all organisms use haploid & diploid
stages in same way
 which one is dominant (2n or n) differs
 but still alternate between haploid & diploid
 must for sexual reproduction
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33. Any Questions??
What are the
DISadvantages of
sexual reproduction?
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34. Ghosts of Lectures Past
(storage)
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