Matching Definition Choices

question 45

Multiple Choice

Matching
Definition choices:
-anthoxanthins

• A)the yellow and orange pigments
• B)the blue-green and green pigments
• C)the red-purple pigments (eggplant)
• D)the cream and white pigments
• E)the purple-red and yellow pigments (beets)

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Definitions:

Homologous Chromosomes

Pairs of chromosomes in a diploid organism that have the same gene structure and sequence, inherited from each parent, which pair up during meiosis.

Sister Chromatids

Identical copies of a chromosome, joined together by a common centromere, formed during DNA replication in the cell cycle.

Metaphase II

A phase of meiosis II in which chromosomes align at the equatorial plate before being separated into the daughter cells.

Meiosis

A type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, creating four unique haploid cells, essential in sexual reproduction.