ABSTRACT

How many sex chromosomes are there? 10 . What types of cells undergo mitosis? Meiosis? 1 1 . Briefly describe what happens in each stage of mitosis. 12. What is interphase? 1 3 . What i s the G0 stage? 14 . What must one take into account when counting fluorescent signals in inter-

phase nuclei by FISH (fluorescent in-situ hybridization)? 1 5 . Compare the processes o f meiosis and mitosis. 16. What is gametogenesis? 1 7 . When does male meiosis begin? Female meiosis? 1 8 . What i s the sex-determining factor i n humans? 1 9 . What is the primary constriction, and what is its purpose? 20. What are some likely fates of chromosomes without telomeres? 2 1 . How does the International System for Human Cytogenetic Nomenclature

(ISCN) define random loss?