This project has taught me many things about meiosis and mitosis. For my project I focused on meiosis and the stop motion video that I made can be seen here. Meiosis is the process of producing sperm and egg cells. I think that the most important thing I learned about meiosis is how it allows for genetic differences even in siblings with the same parents. This is achieved by the splitting of a original cell into two separate genetically different cells and then the further splitting of those cells into four more genetically different cells repeating this process in different amounts depending on whether it is creating sperm or egg cells. Should these 2 cells come together resulting in a baby it will have DNA unlike anyone else on the planet with the exception of an identical twin. This is achieved by Meiosis's unique way producing cells.
I will now explain the way meiosis ensures genetic differences in children. This starts out with a reduction division because the starting cell has 46 chromosomes and the ending cell either sperm or egg cell otherwise known as gametes only has 23. This genetic difference comes from two main factors first when the chromosomes are pairing up with each other it is random which chromosome will be on top and which will be on bottom also when the chromosomes mixed together it is random what will swap or mix with the other chromosome and this happens 23 times allowing for trillions of different possibilities.
Review of the project
*Overall I enjoyed this project, however it was made extraordinarily stressful by the limited amount of time and the amount of pictures that we had to take to make a smooth transitioning video
*The way that the information was presented to us was fun and interesting and I really enjoyed that
*The only complaint that I have is how hard it is to upload a video to YouTube from some of these stop motion picture apps
I will now explain the way meiosis ensures genetic differences in children. This starts out with a reduction division because the starting cell has 46 chromosomes and the ending cell either sperm or egg cell otherwise known as gametes only has 23. This genetic difference comes from two main factors first when the chromosomes are pairing up with each other it is random which chromosome will be on top and which will be on bottom also when the chromosomes mixed together it is random what will swap or mix with the other chromosome and this happens 23 times allowing for trillions of different possibilities.
Review of the project
*Overall I enjoyed this project, however it was made extraordinarily stressful by the limited amount of time and the amount of pictures that we had to take to make a smooth transitioning video
*The way that the information was presented to us was fun and interesting and I really enjoyed that
*The only complaint that I have is how hard it is to upload a video to YouTube from some of these stop motion picture apps