Cell Division and Introductory Genetics Flashcards
What are two ways cells can divide?
Mitosis and cytokinesis
What is the duplication and division of the nucleus and its contents?
Mitosis
What is the duplication and division of everything except the nucleus and its contents?
Cytokinesis
Every single human spent 30 minutes being a single cell?
Yes
What three cell cycle phases make up interphase?
G1, S, and G2
What is the most significant phase for replication and growth of organelles?
G1
Which interphase phase is where the cell grows in preparation for DNA replication and is biochemically active?
G1 phase
The cell is biochemically active, prepares itself for mitosis, and rapid cell growth are three characteristics of what interphase phase?
G2
In which interphase phase is DNA replicated in the nucleus?
S, or synthesis phase
Mitosis lasts about how many minutes?
80 minutes
While cytokinesis overlaps with mitosis, does that mean it is a part of mitosis?
No
The complete cell cycle takes about how many hours?
24 hours
6.5 feet of DNA is in each cell of what?
Chromosomes
After the S phase, how many chromosomes are there?
92 chromosomes
Held together at the centromere, what chromosomes replicate themselves?
Homologous chromosomes
Growth of the organism and tissue repair, ensure that each new cell receives a complete set of genetic information, and asexual reproduction in some species are the three functions of what?
Mitosis
The five phases of mitosis are?
Prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase
What is the longest phase of mitosis?
Prophase
Chromosomes become visible as they condense as the original copy sister chromatids are “stuck” together at the centromere in what phase?
Prophase
What is the centrosome?
An area of the cell containing centrioles
The nucleolus breaks apart and strings form made of microtubules in what mitosis phase?
Prophase
Chromosomes move toward the equator and attach to spindle strings at kinetochores of centromeres, nuclear membrane broken down, and microtubules continue growing from centrioles of centrosomes of what mitosis phase?
Prometaphase
Chromosomes are aligned midway between the spindle poles in what mitosis phase?
Metaphase
What is the shortest mitosis phase?
Anaphase
Sister chromatids separate at the centromere, chromosomes part and move to the poles, and poles of cells move farther apart in what mitosis phase?
Anaphase
What is the 2nd longest mitosis phase?
Telophase
New cell components begin to appear, protein fibers break up, nuclear membranes and nucleoli reform, chromosomes become uncondensed, and mitosis is complete in what mitosis phase?
Telophase
The formation of two complete, new cells is what phase?
Cytokinesis