In addition, when you calculate the possible combinations that emerge from the pairing of an egg and a sperm, the result is 2 23 2 possible combinations. However, some of these combinations produce the same genotype for example, several gametes can produce a heterozygous individual. Of course, there are more than 23 segregating units Hirsch, While calculations of the random assortment of chromosomes and the mixture of different gametes are impressive, random assortment is not the only source of variation that comes from meiosis.
In fact, these calculations are ideal numbers based on chromosomes that actually stay intact throughout the meiotic process. In reality, crossing-over between chromatids during prophase I of meiosis mixes up pieces of chromosomes between homologue pairs, a phenomenon called recombination.
Because recombination occurs every time gametes are formed, we can expect that it will always add to the possible genotypes predicted from the 2 n calculation. In addition, the variety of gametes becomes even more unpredictable and complex when we consider the contribution of gene linkage. Some genes will always cosegregate into gametes if they are tightly linked, and they will therefore show a very low recombination rate. While linkage is a force that tends to reduce independent assortment of certain traits, recombination increases this assortment.
In fact, recombination leads to an overall increase in the number of units that assort independently, and this increases variation. While in mitosis, genes are generally transferred faithfully from one cellular generation to the next; in meiosis and subsequent sexual reproduction , genes get mixed up.
Sexual reproduction actually expands the variety created by meiosis, because it combines the different varieties of parental genotypes. Thus, because of independent assortment, recombination, and sexual reproduction, there are trillions of possible genotypes in the human species.
During cell division, chromosomes sometimes disappear. This occurs when there is some aberration in the centromere , and spindle fibers cannot attach to the chromosome to segregate it to distal poles of the cell. Consequently, the lost chromosome never properly groups with others into a new nuclear envelope , and it is left in the cytoplasm , where it will not be transcribed.
Also, chromosomes don't always separate equally into daughter cells. This sometimes happens in mitosis, when sister chromatids fail to separate during anaphase. One daughter cell thus ends up with more chromosomes in its nucleus than the other. Likewise, abnormal separation can occur in meiosis when homologous pairs fail to separate during anaphase I.
This also results in daughter cells with different numbers of chromosomes. The phenomenon of unequal separation in meiosis is called nondisjunction. If nondisjunction causes a missing chromosome in a haploid gamete, the diploid zygote it forms with another gamete will contain only one copy of that chromosome from the other parent, a condition known as monosomy.
Conversely, if nondisjunction causes a homologous pair to travel together into the same gamete, the resulting zygote will have three copies, a condition known as trisomy Figure 3. The term " aneuploidy " applies to any of these conditions that cause an unexpected chromosome number in a daughter cell. Aneuploidy can also occur in humans. For instance, the underlying causes of Klinefelter's syndrome and Turner's syndrome are errors in sex chromosome number, and Down syndrome is caused by trisomy of chromosome However, the severity of phenotypic abnormalities can vary among different types of aneuploidy.
In addition, aneuploidy is rarely transferred to subsequent generations, because this condition impairs the production of gametes. Overall, the inheritance of odd chromosome number arises from errors in segregation during chromosome replication. Often, it is these very exceptions or modifications of expected patterns in mitosis and meiosis that enrich our understanding of how the transfer of chromosomes is regulated from one generation to the next.
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Impact of this question views around the world. You can reuse this answer Creative Commons License. Without cytokinesis , it is impossible for the growth and development of new cells to happen. Asked by: Leopold Whitham medical health cancer What would happen if mitosis occurs without cytokinesis? Last Updated: 7th January, Usually, cytokinesis is the last phase in mitosis in which the contents of the cell cytoplasm and nuclei are divided over two separate, identical daughter cells.
The result of mitosis without cytokinesis will be a cell with more than one nucleus. Such a cell is called a multinucleated cell. Ivanova De Paz Professional. What is the purpose of mitosis? Mitosis is a process where a single cell divides into two identical daughter cells cell division. During mitosis one cell? The major purpose of mitosis is for growth and to replace worn out cells. Xueyan Heppekausen Professional.
What would happen if cytokinesis happen before mitosis? If cytokinesis took place before mitosis , chromosomes would be divided haphazardly, resulting in a defective cell. If chromosomes did not replicate during interphase, each new cell would receive only half the information needed to function properly.
Zouhra Beckersjurgen Professional. What is meiosis used for? Meiosis , on the other hand, is used for just one purpose in the human body: the production of gametes—sex cells, or sperm and eggs.
Its goal is to make daughter cells with exactly half as many chromosomes as the starting cell. Khaly Venkataramanan Explainer. What is actually dividing during cytokinesis? Cytokinesis is the physical process of cell division , which divides the cytoplasm of a parental cell into two daughter cells. It occurs concurrently with two types of nuclear division called mitosis and meiosis, which occur in animal cells.
Moreno Yablochkin Explainer. How does cytokinesis occur in plant cells? During cytokinesis , the cytoplasm splits in two and the cell divides. Cytokinesis occurs somewhat differently in plant and animal cells , as shown in Figure below. In plant cells , a cell plate forms along the equator of the parent cell. Then, a new plasma membrane and cell wall form along each side of the cell plate.
Eva Caumel Explainer. Who discovered mitosis? A few years later, he discovered and described mitosis based on those observations. Bojan Cascajosa Pundit. How many cells are present at the end of mitosis?
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