Course,
Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Grant
Facilitating the Comprehension of Biological Principles through the Creation
of Modules Utilizing Interactive Computer Assisted Instruction and Hands-on
Investigative Exercises
Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
Objectives:
Learn the following key terms:
Meiosis, Diploid, Haploid, Homologous Chromosomes, Sister Chromatids, Synapsis,
Crossing-over, Tetrad, Chromatids, Cytokinesis, Zygote, Gametes and Centromere
The student should be able to:
Discuss the human sexual life cycle, understand the part played by meiosis
in human sexual life cycle, understand the process of meiosis, differentiate
mitosis and meiosis, understand meiosis in males, understand meiosis in
females, and differentiate meiosis in males, from meiosis in females.
