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2 main reasons cells divide instead of growing larger indefinately |
- the larger the cell, the more demands it places on its DNA - the cell would have trouble moving nutrients/wastes across the cell membrane |
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Location of the info that controls a cell. |
DNA |
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Cell Division is... |
the process by which a cells divides into 2 new daughter cells |
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Before cell divison |
a cell copies all of its DNA |
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2 stages of cell division |
1) division of the cell nucleus 2) division of the cytoplasm |
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Why is reproduction by mitosis considered asexual? |
Cells produced by it are genetically identical too the parent cell |
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the genetic info of eukaryotic cells is carried by: |
chromosomes |
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Chromosomes are made up of ______ which carries: |
DNA;the cell's coded genetic info + proteins |
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Humans have______chromosomes. |
46 |
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Chromosomes become visible during: |
cell division |
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Chromotids are: |
one of two identical sister parts of a duplicated chromosome |
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Centromeres are: |
the area where the chromotids of a chromosomes are attached |
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Interphase is: |
the period of the cell cycle between cell divisions |
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The cell cycle is: |
the series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide |
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What happens during the cell cycle? |
a cell grows, prepares for division, and divides to form 2 daughter cells (each which then begins the cycle again) |
