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13557940675twoHow many daughter cells are produced in mitosis?0
13557940676genome-consists of all the DNA in a cell -holds specific genetic traits1
13557940677chromosomes-packages in a cell which contain DNA molecules -humans have 46 -each species has a specific number2
13557940678chromatin-makes up chromosomes -complex of DNA and protein3
13557940679somatic cells-have two sets of chromosomes -go through mitosis -nonreproductive4
13557940680gametes-have half as many chromosomes as somatic cells -go through meiosis -reproductive cells5
13557940681sister chromatids-each duplicated chromosome has two -separate during cell division6
13557940682centromere-narrow waist of the duplicated chromosome -where the two chromatids are most closely attached7
13557940683cytokinesis-division of the cytoplasm8
13557940684interphase-where 90% of a cell's life is spent -cell growing and chromosomes coping -3 subphases: -G1 -Synthesis -G2 -cell is growing9
13557940685G2In which subphase of interphase are the chromosomes duplicated?10
13557940686prophase-first stage of mitosis -spindle fibers start to forms -nucleus thins -sister chromatids combine to make chromosomes11
13557940688metaphase-third phase of mitosis -chromosomes line up in the center of the cell -spindle fibers attach to the kinetochores of each sister chromatid12
13557940689anaphase-fourth phase of mitosis -sister chromatids separate and move toward opposite ends of the cell13
13557940690telophase-fifth and final stage of mitosis -genetically identical daughter nuclei form at opposite ends of the cell -nonkinetochore microtubules from opposite poles overlap and push each other elongating the cell14
13557940691mitotic spindle-apparatus of microtubules that control chromosome movement during mitosis15
13557940695cleavage furrow-formed during late telophase and cytokinesis16
13557940696cell plateforms in plant cells during cytokinesis17
13557940697binary fission-prokaryotic method of reproduction and cell division -chromosome replicates and the two daughter chromosomes actively more apart18
13557940698cell cycle control system-directs sequential event of the cell cycle -regulated by internal and external force -receives signals from the cytoplasm19
13557940699checkpoints-where the cell cycle stops until a go ahead signal is received -G1 is the most important for many cells20
13557940700G0-the nondividing stage of the cell if it does not pass the G1 checkpoint21
13557940701growth factorsproteins released by certain cells that stimulate other cells to divide22
13557940703cancer cells-cells that exhibit neither density dependent inhibition nor anchorage dependence -escape the usual control system -do not need growth factors to divide23
13557940704tumors-masses of abnormal cells within otherwise normal tissue -formed by cancer cells24
13557940705benign tumor-lump of abnormal cells remaining only at the original site25
13557940706malignant tumorinvade surrounding tissue26
13557940707metastasizeexporting cancer cells to other parts of the body, where they may form secondary tumors27
1355794070846What is the chromosome number for humans?28
13557940709homologous chromosomes-2 chromosomes in each pair -same length and shape -carry genes controlling the same inherited characters29
13557940710diploid cell-has two sets of chromosomes -human # is 46 -2n30
13557940711haploid-gamete -contains a single set of chromosomes -n31
13557940712fertilizationthe union of gametes (sperm and egg)32
13557940713zygote-fertilized egg -one set of chromosomes from each parent -diploid cell produces somatic cells by mitosis33
13557940714prophase I-occupies more than 90% of the time required for meiosis -chromosomes condense -synapse and crossing over -tetrads and chiasmata34
13557940715synapsis-homologous chromosomes loosely pair up -align gene by gene -get together with homologous pair35
13557940716crossing overnonsister chromatids exchange DNA segments36
13557940717metaphase Ihomologous pairs line up in the middles of the cell and the spindle fibers attach to them37
13557940718anaphase I-chromosomes move toward each pole -sister chromatids move as one unit toward the pole38
13557940719telophase I-beginning: each half of the cell has a haploid set of chromosomes -each chromosome consists of two sister chromatids39
13557940720prophase IIspindle apparatus forms40
13557940721metaphase II-because of crossing over the sister chromatids are no longer genetically identical -kinetochores of sister chromosomes attach to microtubules extending from opposite poles41
13557940722anaphase II-sister chromatids of each chromosome move as two newly individual chromosomes toward opposite poles42
13557940723telophase II-chromosomes arrive at opposite poles -nuclei form and the chromosomes begin decondensing43
13557940724independent assortment of chromosomes-mechanism contributing to genetic variation -homologous pairs of chromosomes orient randomly -metaphase I -each pair of chromosomes sorts maternal and paternal homologs into daughter cells independently of the other pairs -the number of combinations possible when chromosomes assort independently into gametes is 2^n where n is the haploid number44
13557940725crossing over-mechanism contributing to genetic variation -produces recombinant chromosomes -begins in early prophase I -homologous chromosomes pair up gene by gene -homologue portions of two nonsister chromatids trade places -combines DNA from two parents into a single chromosome45
13557940726random fertilization-any sperm can fuse with any ovum -the fusion of two gametes produces a zygote with any of about 70 trillion diploid combinations -each zygote has a unique genetic identity46

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