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1. Introduction to Genetics51m
2. Mendel's Laws of Inheritance3h 37m
3. Extensions to Mendelian Inheritance2h 41m
4. Genetic Mapping and Linkage2h 28m
5. Genetics of Bacteria and Viruses1h 21m
6. Chromosomal Variation1h 48m
7. DNA and Chromosome Structure56m
8. DNA Replication1h 10m
9. Mitosis and Meiosis1h 34m
10. Transcription1h 0m
11. Translation58m
12. Gene Regulation in Prokaryotes1h 19m
13. Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes44m
14. Genetic Control of Development44m
15. Genomes and Genomics1h 50m
16. Transposable Elements47m
17. Mutation, Repair, and Recombination1h 6m
18. Molecular Genetic Tools19m
- Genetic Cloning
  9m
- Methods for Analyzing DNA
  9m
19. Cancer Genetics29m
- Overview of Cancer
  21m
- Cancer Mutations
  7m
20. Quantitative Genetics1h 26m
21. Population Genetics50m
- Hardy Weinberg
  19m
- Allelic Frequency Changes
  31m
22. Evolutionary Genetics29m

9. Mitosis and Meiosis

Meiosis

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9. Mitosis and Meiosis

Meiosis

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Multiple Choice

After a germ cell replicates and grows in females, it forms two primary what?

oocytes

polar bodies

zygotes

spermatocytes

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Understand the context: In female gametogenesis (oogenesis), a germ cell undergoes replication and growth before meiosis begins.

Recall that after DNA replication, the germ cell is called a primary oocyte, which will enter meiosis I.

Recognize that the primary oocyte is the cell that results from the growth and replication phase before the first meiotic division.

Note that polar bodies are small cells produced later during meiosis as a result of unequal cytokinesis, not immediately after replication and growth.

Conclude that the correct term for the cells formed after replication and growth in females is 'primary oocytes'.