Friday

Independent assortment

Examine the following diagram that shows there are different ways chromosomes (maternal and paternal) can be separated into sex cells in meiosis. Each homologous pair of chromosomes is sorted independently of every other pair of chromosomes. The following video links this concept to the alleles (genes) that are carried on the chromosomes.
Watch this clip ready for our next class.

Wednesday

The Cell Cycle

Mr Anderson explains more about the Cell Cycle (with a nice link to enzymes!! and a simple comparison of purpose and outcome of Meiosis/Mitosis)