Cell Cycle (Mitosis) Flashcards
Also referred to as duplication division
Mitosis
What types of cells undergo mitosis
Body cells / somatic cells
Mitosis is also called
Somatic cell division
Mitosis produces haploid or diploid cells?
2 diploid cells
What do prokaryotic cells go through instead of mitosis and meiosis?
Binary fission
Tightly coiled DNA strands
Chromosomes
Complex set of macromolecules containing loose DNA, RNA, and proteins
Chromatin
Condensed chromatin that make up a chromosome
Chromatid
A chromosome is made up of how many sister chromatids?
2 sister chromatids
Where do the spindle fibers attache during metaphase?
Kinetochores
Each chromosome has how many kinetochores?
2
What holds the sister chromatids together?
Centromere
Contain repeated nucleotides
Telomeres
Stages of mitosis
Interphase
M phase
Cytokinesis
Period of growth that occurs between cell divisions
Interphase
Stages of the interphase
Go phase
G1 phase
S phase
G2 phase
Cell leaves the cycle and enters a temporary period of rest
Go phase
Phase where organelles divide
G1 phase
What checkpoint is present between G1 phase and S phase?
Restriction point (G1 checkpoint)
What does the G1 checkpoint check?
If the cell has reached its optimum size and is the environment suitable enough
DNA synthesis and chromosome replication
S phase
Synthesis of proteins needed for cell division
G2 phase
What checkpoint is present after G2 phase?
DNA damage checkpoint
What does the DNA damage checkpoint check?
If the DNA is damaged and if it has replicated correctly