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4.1.2.2 Mitosis and the Cell Cycle Flashcards

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How do cells divide?

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In a series of stages called the cell cycle

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What happens during the cell cycle?

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  • During the cell cycle genetic material is doubled and then divided into two identical cells
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What needs to happen before a cell can divide?

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  • Before a cell can divide it needs to grow and increase the number of sub-cellular structure such as ribosomes and mitochondria
  • The DNA replicates to form two copies of each chromosome
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What happens at the end of the cell cycle after mitosis?

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Finally, the cytoplasm and cell membranes divide to form two identical cells

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What is cell division by mitosis important in?

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  • The growth and development of tissues in multicellular organisms
  • Repair of tissues in multi-cellular organisms
  • Asexual reproduction in multicellular organisms and binary fission in unicellular organisms
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Binary Fission:

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The process that bacteria use to carry out cell division

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Diploid:

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Two copies of a chromosomes (one from the biological mother and one from the biological father)

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Phases of the Cell Cycle: G1

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Sub-cellular structures duplicate, structures include mitochondria and ribosomes but excluding chromosomes

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Phases of the Cell Cycle: S

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DNA replicates to form 2 copies of each chromosome

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Phases of the Cell Cycle: G2

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  • DNA is checked for errors made during replication
  • Done using enzymes, and any errors can be fixed
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Phases of the Cell Cycle: Mitosis

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One set of chromosomes is pulled to each end of the cell and the nucleus divides to form two nuclei

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Phases of the Cell Cycle: Cytokinesis

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  • From 1 parent cell to two daughter cells
  • Cytoplasm and cell membrane divide to create two separate diploid cells each with identical chromosomes
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Phases of the Cell Cycle: G0

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  • Temporary cell resting
  • Some cells will never divide again e.g. nerve cells
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What does mitosis make?

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Cell division that makes 2 diploid daughter cells that are genetically identical to the parent cell and to each other

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What are all the phases of the cell cycle?

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  • G1
  • S
  • G2
  • Mitosis
  • Cytokinesis
  • G0
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What are all the phases of mitosis?

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  • Prophase
  • Metaphase
  • Anaphase
  • Telophase
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What happens in the prophase of mitosis?

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  1. The nuclear membrane disappears
  2. The DNA unwinds and condenses into chromosomes consisting of two sister chromatids
  3. Spindle fibres form and become visible
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What happens in the metaphase of mitosis?

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  1. Chromosomes (made up of 2 sister chromatids) line up along the equator of the cell
  2. Spindle fibres attach to the chromosome at the centromere
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What happens in the anaphase of mitosis?

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  1. Sister chromatids are pulled apart (separated) towards the poles of the cell by the spindle fibres
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What happens in the telophase of mitosis?

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  1. Nuclear membrane forms around each of the sets of chromosomes separating them from one another
  2. DNA de-condenses
  3. 2 nuclei are formed
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1 chromosome =

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2 sister chromatids

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Diagram of the cell cycle:

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Diagram of the parent cell:

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Diagram showing the phases of mitosis:

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Diagram of cytokinesis:

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The cell cycle:

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series of stages that a cell goes through when it grows and divides

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How does DNA replicate in the S phase of the cell cycle?

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  • still say that there are 46 chromosomes in the nucleus after DNA has replicated as the number of chromosomes is counted by the number of centromeres present
  • when the 46 chromosomes duplicate there would still be 46 chromosomes except each chromosome would be made up of 2 sister chromatids (attached to the centromere) instead of 1
    • 46 chromatids to 92 chromatids (but still 46 chromosomes) before and after replication
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