Meiosis Stop Motion Video
For one of our Biology assignments we were told to create a stop motion video depicting meiosis. To keep things creative, we used belts as the inner and outer membrane. The chromosomes were the beads from a jump rope. Due to our lack of experience in video editing, our video was difficult to create, but we managed to complete it. You can find a link to the video here.
The function of meiosis is to allow a cell split into 4 more. They crossover their chromosomes and split. Genetic variation can occur through meiosis in the crossing over and rearrangement of chromosomes as well as possibly a mutation. Non-disjunction can be caused when homologous chromosomes fail to separate which can lead to syndromes. Pandas have probably been a close relative of bears, but somewhere within the evolution lines, non-disjunction may have occurred. Instead of having all the chromosomes received, they may have failed to separate due to non-disjunction, which may have led to only half of those chromosomes. From this project, I have learned the multiple stages of meiosis. But more importantly, I have learned that science can be quite fun to recreate using everyday items.
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