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1
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What is mitosis used for?

A

Growth
Repair
Asexual reproduction

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2
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What is meiosis used for?

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Gamete production

Genetic variation

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3
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What does mitosis produce?

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Two genetically identical diploid daughter cells

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4
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What does meiosis produce?

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Four genetically unique haploid daughter cells

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5
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What does diploid mean?

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Two copies of each chromosome

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6
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What does haploid mean?

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One copy of each chromosome

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7
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How many chromosomes do humans have?

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46 (23 pairs)

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8
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What sex chromosomes do males have?

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XY

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9
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What sex chromosomes do females have?

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XX

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10
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What is a pair of chromosomes called?

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Homologous pair

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What is the name of the stage in mitosis when the cell is not dividing?

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Interphase

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What are the four stages of mitosis?

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Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase

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13
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What is the division of cytoplasm called?

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Cytokinesis

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14
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What happens at interphase?

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DNA replicates
Organelles replicate
Centrioles replicate
Chromatin is uncoiled

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15
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What holds the homologous chromosomes together?

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The centromere

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16
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What happens in prophase of mitosis?

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Chromatin condenses to form chromosomes
Nuclear envelope breaks down
Replicated centrioles move to opposite poles
Spindle fibres (tubulin) begin to form at poles

17
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What forms around the centromere and attaches to the spindle fibres during mitosis?

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A protein complex called the kinetochore

18
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What happens during metaphase of mitosis?

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Kinetochores attach to spindle microtubules

Chromosomes line up along the equator

19
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What happens in anaphase of mitosis?

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Sister chromatids are pulled apart and now called chromosomes
Chromosomes move towards opposite poles of the cell

20
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What makes the chromosomes move the opposite poles during anaphase?

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The microtubules shortening my removing tubulin subunits, called depolymerising

21
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What happens in telophase of mitosis?

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Chromosomes have reached the poles and begin to decondense so nucleolus reforms
Nuclear envelope forms around chromosomes at each pole
Spindle breaks down

22
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Process of cytokinesis in animal cells?

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The cell membrane pinches in the middle to form a cleavage furrow
The cytoskeleton (microfilaments) then continues to pull the membrane inwards
23
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Process of cytokinesis in plant cells?

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Cannot form cleave furrow due to cell wall
Golgi vesicles contain components needed for a new cell wall assemble across the equator (cell plate) and fuse to make a new membrane
New cell walls form on either side of the membrane

24
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Where does meiosis take place in humans?

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Ovaries or testes

25
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Why do gametes have half the normal chromosome number?

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To fuse with another gamete to produce a zygote with the normal number of chromosomes

26
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How many times does the cell divide in mitosis?

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Once

27
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How many times does the cell divide in meiosis?

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Twice

28
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What addition processes happen in prophase 1 of meiosis compare to mitosis?

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Members of homologous pairs find each other and lie close together (process called synapsis)
Non-sister chromatids become so close that they can overlap (called chiasmata) this can lead to crossing over of genetic material

29
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What is different about metaphase 1 of meiosis compare to mitosis?

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The chromosomes line up along the equator in homologous pairs

30
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How does genetic variation happen through meiosis? (4)

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Chiasmata and crossing over of genetic information
Which random arrangement of maternal/paternal chromosomes called independent assortment in metaphase 1
Orientation of each chromosome in metaphase 2
Random fusion of the gametes produced by meiosis

31
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How is anaphase 1 in meiosis different to mitosis?

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Sister chromatids are not separated as there is no division of the centromere

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