BOTANY LAB: MITOSIS Flashcards
An orderly series of events where cells divide
CELL CYCLE
It has two divisions:
1. Interphase
2. Mitosis
CELL CYCLE
Process of division that produces two daughter cells with identical chromosomal content of parent cell.
MITOSIS
- A period in which chromosomes are not visible with light microscope
- The living cells are not dividing
INTERPHASE
It has 3 intervals:
1. G1 phase
2. S phase
3. G2 phase
INTERPHASE
3 INTERVALS OF INTERPHASE
- Lengthy period after the nucleus divides; RNA and ribosomes are produced, and cells increase in size
G1 PHASE (growth or gap one)
3 INTERVALS OF INTERPHASE
- DNA replication takes place
S PHSE (synthesis)
3 INTERVALS OF INTERPHASE
- Where mitochondria and other organelles divide; microtubules are produced; coiling and condensation of chromosomes begin
G2 PHASE (growth or gap two)
- Where one cell divides into two and each of the two cells to produce two or more daughter cells
- The daughter cells have the exact number
Location: Meristem (found in roots and stem tips)
MITOSIS
Normally comes with mitosis; division of the remainder of the cells
CYTOKINESIS
STAGES OF MITOSIS
- The first and longest stage of mitosis
PROPHASE
STAGES OF MITOSIS
THE MAIN FEATURE OF THIS STAGE
- 2 chromosomes become shorter and thicker; 2 strands are apparent (CHROMATIDS)
- Nuclear envelop dissociated; nucleolus disintegrates
PROPHASE
STAGES OF MITOSIS
A band formed from microtubules and microfilaments inside the plasma membrane
PRE-PROPHASE
Holds each pair of chromatids together (short, thick, and rod like)
CENTROMERES
A dense region composed of protein complex found on the outer surface of each centromere
KINETOCHORE
Help distinguish certain chromosomes from others in a nucleus; knob like appearance
SATELLITE
Developed extend in arcs between two invisible poles located towards the end of the cell
SPINDLE FIBERS
Keg-shaped structure; Found on fungi and algae and animal cells located outside the nucleus with radiating asters (Starlike rays)
CENTRIOLES
STAGES OF MITOSIS
THE MAIN FEATURE OF THIS STAGE
- Alignment of the chromosomes in the circle midway between the 2 poles around the spindle and in the same plane as the Pre-prophase band
METAPHASE