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42 Cards in this Set
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mitosis prepares for ___
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cytokinesis
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G1/2-
S- |
-Gap 1/2
-Synthesis |
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phase where majority of cellular activity for the functions of a cell occurs
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G1phase
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Many cell-specific proteins and other molecules are produced for the metabolism of the cell during ___
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G1 phase
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during ___, the DNA composing the chromosomes is duplicated
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S phase
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chromosmal DNA strands
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chromatids
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sister chromatids are attached at a ___
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centromere
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at the end of ___ each chromosome consists of an identical pair of chromtatids
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S phase
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How long does mitosis last?
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less than 10% of the cell cycle
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How long does the cell cycle last?
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10-30 hours
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___, such as ___, may spend more then 10% on mitosis
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-dividing cells
-rapidly growing tissues |
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___, such as ___, may rarely enter the M phase
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-static cells
-bone cells or neurons |
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cytokinesis begins in ___ and conludes in ___
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telophase, G1 phase
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cytokinesis is highly variable in ___
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length and timing
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___, such as ___, may undergo mitosis without cytokinesis and produce multinucleic cells
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-tissues
-striated muscle fibers and some algal filaments |
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what are the main goals of mitosis?
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-separates genetic material
-reconstitutes a nucleus to house each set |
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two microtubule organizing centers
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centrioles
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an axis of proteinaceous microtubules between centrioles
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polar fibers
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a bridge of mcrotubules that extend between centrioles
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mitotic spindle (spindle apparatus)
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a complex of proteins that bind to the centromere
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kinetochore
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attach to each chromosome's kinetochore
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kinetochore fibers
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at poles of the cell, the centrioles radiate ___ outward in addition to the spindle apparatus
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an array of microtubules
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the array of microtubules brace the centrioles against the ___
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cell membrane
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the arrangement of micortubules radiating from a centriole
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aster
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plant cells lack ___, but ___ still form between opposite points of the cell
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-centrioles and asters
-spindle fibers |
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animal cell that are deprived of ___ will still form a spindle apparatus. chromosomes will eventually distribute themselves on the spindle apparatus and are moved and separated to opposite poles
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centrioles
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the vegetative cells of many organisms such as fungi are ___ rather than ___
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-haploid
-diploid |
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events in interphase
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-DNA replicates and begins to condense
-centrioles are replicated in animal cells |
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events in prophase
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-the mitotic spindle begins to form
-polar and kinetochore fibers comprise he mitotic spindle -chromosomes continue to condense |
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events in metaphase
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-the chromosomes align on a plane in the center of the cell
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events in anaphase
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-the sister chromatids separate
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events in telophase
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-mitotic apparatus disassembles
-cytokinesis begins |
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cytokinesis in animal includes formation of a ___ that begins on the periphory of the cell, pinches inward, and eventually divides the cytoplasm of two cells
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cleavage furrow
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___ are commonly cultured fish whose eggs and early developmental stages undergo rapid cell division (as do all embryonic cells)
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whitefish
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an early embryonic stage of a vertebrate which consists of a sphere of 25-10 cells with a high frequency of different mitotic stages
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blastula
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our model to study cellular replication in plants is the root tip of ___
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Allium (onion)
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root tips of plants contain ___ which are localized areas of rapid cell division due to active growth at the root tips
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meristems
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in plant cells, cytokinesis includes formation of a partition called a ___ that is perpindiculat to the axis of the spindle apparatus
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cell plate
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the cell plate forms in ___ and grows out to the ___ and will separate the two cells
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-middle of the cell
-periphery |
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what region of a root has the most mitotic activity?
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meristems
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why is pinching of the cytoplasm inadequate for cytokinesis in plant cells?
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the cell wall would stay intact
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what is the volume of the two new cells formed by mitosis to a mature cell?
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same volume
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