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By Taner Ozcan, Osman Yildirim, Sami Ozgur
“Determining of the University Freshmen Students’ Misconceptions and Alternative Conceptions about Mitosis and Meiosis”
Publisher: Biology Teaching, Necatibey Faculty of Education
volume 46
Pp. 3677 – 3680
2012
Determining of the University Freshmen Students’ Misconceptions and Alternative Conceptions about Mitosis and Meiosis
Type: Empirical
Data collection method: Survey
Number of subjects, range: Medium — 11-30
Grade and age of subjects: Adult — over 18 years
- Interphase is the first stage of cell division.
- During interphase only DNA is duplicated.
- During interphase chromatids are aligned on a plate.
- During interphase the cell membrane disappears and organelles are destroyed.
- DNA is composed of chromosomes. 3 DNA has a protein structure.
- The smallest unit of chromosomes is called a gene.
- Genes together form chromosomes, chromosomes together form DNA.
- Meiosis takes place in somatic cells.
- Crossing over takes place only in meiosis.
- Homologous chromosomes are separated during Prophase-1.
- Homologous chromosomes are attached together until Prophase of Meiosis