CELL DIVISION Flashcards

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What is the role of (MITOSIS)?

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The first stage of cell division in a eukaryotes and it is the division of the cell nucleus

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How does the PROCESS of (CELL DIVISION) work?

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Prokaryotes have simple cell division–separate the contents of the cell into two parts

Eukaryotes have complex cell division–occurs in two stages, mitosis and cytokinesis

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What is a (EGG)?

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FemAle reproductive cell and capable of active movement

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What is a (SPERM)?

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Sperm cells ca not divide and have a limited life span,they are haploids

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What is (MEIOSIS)?

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The process of reduction division in which the number of chromosomes per cell is cut in half through separation of homologous chromosomes in a diploid cell

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What OCCURS during (MEIOSIS) to INCREASE the (GENETIC DIVERSITY)?

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The (OFFSPRING) are DIFFERENT from their parents BECAUSE THE (daughter cell) contains the EXCAT SAME (DNA) as the parent cell.

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4.) FILL IN

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TWGQ

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