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Cell Cycle and Genetic Engineering Flashcards

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Cell Continuity

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The way in which cells arise from cells of the same type and organisms from organisms of the same type

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Cell Cycle

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Events in the life of a cell

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Interphase

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Cell not dividing
Organelles replicate
Energy builds up

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Prophase

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  • Chromatin contracts
  • Chromosome forms and duplicate
  • 2 sisters chromatids
  • Spindle fibres forming
  • Nuclear membrane breaks down
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Metaphase

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  • Spindle fibres completely formed
  • Sister chromatically are aligned along fibres
  • Chromatids are attached to spindle fibres by centromere
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Anaphase

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  • Spindle contracts
  • Sister chromatids pull apart to opposite poles
  • Chromatids become chromosomes
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Telophase

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  • Nuclear membrane forms
  • Spindle breaks down
  • Chromosomes elongate and disappear
  • Cytoplasm divides in two halves
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How does Cytokinesis happen in Animal Cells

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Cleavage furrow forms

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What happens after Telophase in Plant Cells

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Cell plate forms

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Functions of Mitosis

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  • Reproduction in unicellular organisms

* Growth and repair in multicellular organisms

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Cancer

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A group of disorders caused by the uncontrollable rate of mitosis

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Causes of Cancer

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Oncogenes
Asbestos fibres
Cigarette smoke

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Mitosis

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A type of nuclear division in which the NUMBER of chromosomes of the daughter is the same as the parent nucleus

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Meiosis

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A type of nuclear division in which the daughter nuclei contains half the number of chromosomes as the parent nucleus

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Stages in Genetic Engineering

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Isolation 
Cutting
Ligation 
Transformation 
Expression
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Isolation

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Plasmid from bacterial cell
Cells broken open
Genetic probe reveals position of gene of interest

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Cutting

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Restriction enzyme cut plasmid

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Ligation

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Rejoining cut fragments of DNA using DNA ligase

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Transformation

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Bacteria induced to take up recombinant plasmid

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Expression

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Getting organism with recombinant DNA to produce the desired product which is extracted

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Genetic Engineering in Plants

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Weed killer resistant crops

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Genetic Engineering in Animals

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Goats produce a protein to treat cystic fibrosis

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Genetic Engineering in Micro-organisms

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Bacteria make insulin

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