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how are all cells reproduced?
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cell division
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why do cells divide?
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-organismal reproduction
-growth -repair |
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what are two forms of cell division?
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-asexual
-sexual |
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what is asexual cell division(mitosis)?
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-daughter cells are identical copies of mother cells (clones)
-occurs in all organisms |
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what is sexual cell division?
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daughter cells are not identical copies to the mother cell
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how do prokaryotes divide?
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binary fission
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how does binary fission occur?
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-DNA is duplicated
-one chromosome moved to each side of the cell -cell is split into two -takes 20 minutes |
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what process
-grows and duplicates organelles -duplicates DNA -divides and seperates DNA to opposite sides of the cell -and splits the cell into 2 seperate cells |
eukaryote division
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what term best describes all the DNA in a cell?
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genome
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how is the human genome (DNA) organized?
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by 46 chromosomes
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one linear DNA molecule wound around proteins is equal to what?
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one chromatid (eukaryotic chromosome)
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Eukaryotic DNA can be coiled into what extents?
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-unwound
-condensation |
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what can be duplicated and condensed?
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DNA
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what is a centromer?
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connection between 2 chromatids in one chromosome
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one chromosome is equal to 2 ... ?
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chromatids
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what are the three stages of the eukaryotic cell division?
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-cell growth and DNA replication
-mitosis (division of the nucleus -cytokinesis (division of the cell) |
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the time between two divisions is one ...?
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cell cycle
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the cell growth and DNA replication occur in what phase?
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the interphase
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How are the events of a cell regulated?
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by interal and external controls
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what checkpoint of the cell cycle is the most important?
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completes the S, G2, M phases and divide all during the first checkpoint phase of G1
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During what phase does
-most cells in any organism occur in this stage -the DNA is loose chromatin and the nucleus is present |
interphase
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What 5 stages occur under mitosis (m-phase)?
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-prophase
-prometaphase -metaphase -anaphase -telophase |
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what is prophase? (3)
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-DNA is beginning to condense
-nuclear membrane begins to break down -spindle begins to form |
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what is the process of prometaphase?
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-the chromosomes are connected to the spindle microtubles at thier centromere
-the nuclear membrane, ER and golgi finish breaking down |
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what is the metaphase?
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the chromosomes line up in the center of the cell
(because of "tug-a-war" by the microtubules) |
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what is anaphase?
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the centomeres seperate and the sister chromatids (each still considered as a chromosome) move toward the opposite poles
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what is a telophase?
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-the chromosomes begin to unravel
-the nuclear envelope begins to re-form |
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what occurs in the cytokinesis phase?
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the cytoplasm seperates
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what is involved in the interphase? (5 things)
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-centrosomes (with centriole pairs)
-chromatin (duplicated) -nucleolus -nuclear envelope -plasma membrane |
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what is involved in the prophase? (3)
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-early mitotic spindle
-centromere -chromosome(consisting of 2 sister chromatids) |
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what is involved in the prometaphase? (2)
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-fragments of nuclear envelope
-microtubules |
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what is involved in the metaphase? (3)
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-metaphase plate
-spindle -1 centrosome at one spindle pole |
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what is in the anaphase? (1)
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daughter chromosomes
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what is involved in the telophase and cytokinesis?
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-cleavage furrow
-nucleolus forming -neclear envelope forming |
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what type of cell does this cytokinesis exsist in...
a ring of microfilaments contract until the cell is pinched into two (called the cleavage furrow)? |
animal cells
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what type of cell does this cytokinesis exsist in...
cell plate forms between the two cells (eventually forms a cell wall)? |
in plant cells
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what is a form of cell division that leads to the production of gametes?
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meiosis
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what are gametes?
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-egg and sperm cells
-contain half the number of chromosomes of an adult body cell |
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what does haploid cells mean?
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-one set of chromosomes
-from meiosis -cell= (n) |
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what are somatic cells?
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-two sets of chromosomes
-from mitosis -the cells are diploid (2n) |
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what are two forms of cell division?
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asexual (mitosis)
sexual (fertilization after meiosis) |
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what is asexual cell division?
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-daughter cells are identical copies of the mother cell (clones)
-occurs in all organisms |
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what is sexual cell division?
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-daughter cells are not identical copies of the mothers cells
-only occurs in eukaryotes |
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what cell division occurs in only eukaryotes?
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sexual
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what type of cell division forms haploid gametes from diploid body cells?
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meiosis
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what word is greek meaning "to make small"?
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meiosis
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how is sexual reproduction completed?
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the fusion of gametes (fertilization) to produce a diploid zygote
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life cycles of sexually reproducing organisms involve what? (2)
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-the alternation of haploid and
-diploid stages |
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to go from diploid to haploid stages what must a cell go through?
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meiosis
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what is the difference between mitosis and meiosis?
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-(photophase 1)- homologous chromosomes line up (and genetic information is exchanged)
-(After) cytokinesis I, the resulting cells are now haploid but have doubled chromosomes |
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what is the first stage of meiosis prophase I?
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chromosomes coil and nuclear envelope dissolves
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what is the second stage of meiosis prophase I?
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homologues become closey associated in synapsis
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what happens in the third stage of meiosis prophase I?
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crossing over occurs between non-sister chromatids
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what happens in 1st stage of the meiosis metaphase I?
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terminal chiasmata hold homologues together following cross over
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what happens in 2nd stage of the meiosis metaphase I?
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microtubules from opposite poles attach to each homologue (not the sister chromatid)
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what happens in 3rd stage of the meiosis metaphase I?
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homologues are aligned at the metaphase plate side-by-side
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mitosis is after meiosis 1- true or false?
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true
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what stage is this...
chiasmata hold homologues together. the kinetochores of sister chromatids fuse and function as one. microtublues can attach to only one side of each centromere... ? |
-(meiosis I)
-metaphase I |
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what stage is this... microtubules pull the homologous chromosomes apart but sister chromatids are held together...?
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-(meiosis I)
-anaphase I |
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what stage is this?
homologoues do not pair; kinetochores of sister chromatids remain seperate; microtubules attach to both kineochores on opposite sides of the centromere? |
mitosis
metaphase |
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what stage is this..
microtubules pull sister chromatids apart? |
mitosis
anaphase |
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what is the first step of the anaphase I?
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microtubules of the spindle shorten
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what is the second step of the anaphase I?
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homologues are seperated from each other
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what is the third step of the anaphase I?
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sister chromatids remain attached to each other at their centromeres
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what is the first step of the telophase I?
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nuclear envelopes form around each set of chromosomes
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what is the second step of the telophase I?
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each new nucleus is now haploid
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what is the third step of the telophase I?
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sister chromatids are no longer identical because of crossing over
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what are the steps to Meiosis II?
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prophase II
metaphase II anaphase II telophase II |
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what happens in prophase II?
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nuclear envelopes dissolve and spindle appartus forms
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what happens in the metaphase II?
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chromosomes align on metaphase plate
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what happens in the anaphase II?
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sister chromatids are seperated from each other
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what happens in the telephase II?
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nuclear envelope re-forms; cytokinesis follows
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plants, fungi, and bacteria have a certain capacity to divde true or false?
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false they have an unlimited capacity to divide
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how many times can a animal divide?
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20-50 divisions
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what factors influence animal cell division?
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nutrient availibility
growth factors cell density cell size cancer cells- do not have density dependent inhibition |
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proteins that influence the cell cycle are called what?
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growth factors
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what do the proteins do in a growth factor?
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trigger intracellular signaling systems
-can override cellular controls that otherwise inhibit cell division |
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what is the failure of the cell cycle control?
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cancer because serveral kinds of genes can disturb the cell cycle when they are mutated
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what is ...
-common cell replication for growth and repair -one cell division -makes 2 cells from 1 -the number of chromosomes stay the same -daughter cells are genetically identical |
mitosis
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what is...
-specific for production of gametes for reproduction -two cell divisions -1 cell= 4 cells made -number of chromosomes is reduced from diploid to haploid -daughter cells are not genetically identical |
meiosis
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