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What is DNA?

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Deoxyribonucleic acid - all genetic info of a cell

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What is a chromosome?

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A length of DNA and its associated proteins found in nucleus of Eukaryotic cell

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What is a Histone?

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Protein that helps condense DNA

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What is chromotin?

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DNA appears in this form during most of a cells life. Becomes condensed durng cellular devision.
slightly condensed DNA

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What s the centromere?

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Specilized constricted (pinched in) region in the condensed chromosome.

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What are homologous cells?

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Similar looking chromosomes that carry the same genes also known as autosomes

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What are the 46 somatic chromosomes divided into?

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22 pairs of homologous cells
and 2 sex cells that may or may not be homologous

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What are the sex chromosomes?

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X and Y (23rd pair)

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What is a karyotype?

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Picture of chromosomes - particular set of chromosomes that an individual posesses

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What does the term Ploidy mean?

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Measure of how many chromosomes

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What does haploid mean?

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One copy of each chromosome (sperm and eggs) | n

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What does the term diploid mean?

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Two copies of each chromosome (somatic cells)

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What does the term polyploid mean?

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More than two coppies of chromosomes (Some plants, genetic disorders)

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What does n repersent?

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The number of copies of each chromosome

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Why do cells need to divide?

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Repair, growth, sexual reproduction

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What are the three stages of the cell cycle?

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Interphase, Mitosis, Cytokenesis

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What are characteristics of interphase?

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Cell growth and normal function
Not dividing
Composed of 3 stages: G1, S, G2

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What is the G1 stage?

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Apart of interphase, normal cell function

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What is the S stage (Synthesis)

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Synthesis of DNA, makes a copy of each chromosome

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What is the G2 stage?

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Apart of interphase, growth of cell and preperation to divide

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What is mitosis?

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Cell division contains four steps:
Prophase
Metaphase
Ananphase
Telophase

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What is cytokenesis

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The splitting og cytoplasm, last step

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What is G0?

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Stage of interphase, not going to replicate DNA
Done by cells that dont divide (Neurons)

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What is the purpose of contractile ring?

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Pinches rhe cell into two during cytokenesis

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What does a plant produce during cell division?
Cell plate, forms down middle of dividing cell, helps divide
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What is the purpose of checkpoints in regulating the cell cycle?
To regulate the progression through the cycle.
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What control the cell cycle?
Interactions between cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases to control the cell cycle.
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What may occur if a disruption interputs the cell cycle?
May result in cancer/and or programed cell death (apoptosis)
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What are cell cycle checkpoints?
Where a cell decides to proceed with the next steps of the cell cycle.
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What are the three most important checkpoints?
G1, G2, Spindle Checkpoint
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What is the G1 checkpoint?
The main checkpoint for most cells Usually after this checkpoint cells will divide completly If a cell doesnt pass this ckecpoint it's said to be in G0
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What chekcs occur at G1?
Cell size - is it big enough Nutrients Growth Factors DNA Damage
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What occurs at the G2 checkpoint?
Checks for DNA damage - takes places after DNA replication
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If the cell doesnt pass the G2 checkpoint what happens?
Apoptosis
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What occurs at the spindle checkpoint?
Checks if sister chromatids are attached correctly to spindle microtubules This is the transition checkpoint between metaphase and anaphase
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What may occur if the spindle checkpint fails?
May result in down syndrome
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What are cyclins?
Proteins that activate kinases
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What are protein kinases?
Enzymes that activate or inactivate other proteins by phosphotlating them Called Cyclin-dependent kinases or CDK
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How do cell checkpoints work?
Cyclins partner with CDKs activating it as a kinases and CDK directs it's activation to other proteins resulting in passing the checkpoint
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What is MPF?
Maturation-promoting factor A cyclin-CDK complex that was found in frog eggs
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What is the role of MPF?
Breaks down the nuclear membrane (before mitosis/ M phase)
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What makes cancer cells difer from othes?
Uncontrolled growth Cells are undifferential and non-functional No contact inhibition Able to move (metastasis) through blood
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What does the term cell potency refer to?
A cells ability to differentiate into other cells
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What is a totipotent cell?
Cells that can form all other types of cells in a body and extracellular/placental cells
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Are adult mammal cells totipotent?
No however cells of murola are
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What are stem cells?
Unspecilized cells - cannot form whole body hoever can form a vareity of cells/tissues
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What are pluripotent cells?
Cells that can become any type of cell exluding placenta/umbillical chord
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What are multipotent cells?
Stem cells that are more restricted and can form a few types of tissues ex: bone marrow cells becoming blood cells
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What is meiosis?
The production of cells with only half of the necessary cells (gametes)
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How does gametogensis work?
Through Ruduction division (Reduces DNA by half)
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What is oogenesis?
Makes eggs - however only 1 of 4 becomes and egg the others become polar bodies
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What are polar bodies?
Haploid cells that dont become eggs
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What is spermatogensis?
Makes sperm, half of sperm get Y and other half get X
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What is the purpose of the recombination of genes?
Increases variation - resuling in non-indentical daughter cells
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What is the end result of meiosis?
4 Haploid cells
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What is a tetred?
Homologous pair
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At what point are haploid cells produced during meiosis?
After meiosis 1
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What are the two ways that genetic variation may occur?
Independent assortment Crossing over
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What is independent assortment?
Creation of gametes that carry different combinations of maternal and paternak chromosomes
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What is crossing over?
The exchange of genetic material between maternal and patternal chromosomes
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What process results in independent assortment?
During metaphase I each homolgous pair lines up at the equator In each pair the maternal and paternal homologues are randomly pulled to poles This results in different combinations
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What process results in crossing over?
During prophase I chromosomes will form a tetrad and swap genes This produces recominants which are different from either parent
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What is the site of crossing over called
Chiasma
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What is non-disjunction?
The failure of homologous chromosomes or sister chromatids to seperate propery during cell division
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What does the term synapsis refer to?
Coming together
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What are life cycles?
The series of changes that the members of a species undergo as they pass from the beginning of a given developmental stage to the inception of that same developmental stage is a subsequent generation
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What does a life cycle show?
When an orgnanism is haploid or diploid and how they reprodue

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