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Cell Division Flashcards

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Stages of Mitosis (ordered)

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Prophase - Metaphase - Anaphase - Telophase (PMAT)

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Prophase

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The chromosomes condense becoming shorter and fatter and the nuclear envelope disintegrates

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Metaphase

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The chromosomes line up in the middle of the dividing cell

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Anaphase

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The sister chromatids are pulled apart to opposite sides of the cells with spindle fibre

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Telophase

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The chromosomes decondense and the nuclear membrane forms, as well as the cytoplasm separating

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Interphase

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A cell replicates it’s DNA, and grows in preparation for cell division.

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Binary Fission

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Asexual reproduction through separation of the body into two new bodies

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Diploid

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Presence of two complete chromosome sets

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Haploid

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Presence of 1 complete chromosome set

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Chromatin

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The material of which chromosomes are made of

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Chromatid

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One of two identical halves of a chromosome that have been duplicated

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