Cell Division, Energy, and Organics Test Flashcards
What is asexual reproduction?
1 celled organisms copy themselves to make more
What is sexual reproduction?
2 multicellular organisms
What is a zygote?
A fertilized egg
Why are cells so small?
Moving nutrients in large cells would be slow
What is cellular/binary fission?
cell division in unicellular organisms
1 –> 2 (asexual)
What is mitosis?
Parent cell (2n) divides to form 2 daughter cells
Meiosis or Mitosis: Somatic/Diploid/Body cells
Mitosis
Meiosis or Mitosis: Gamete/Haploid/Sex cells
Meiosis
What is a chromosome?
Chromatin (DNA) coils to form chromosomes
Come in pairs
Made of DNA
Made in prophase
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A=centrimere
B=chromatid
C=chromosome
Interphase -4-
Cell not dividing
DNA forms chromatin
DNA replicates to become double stranded (ex: X)
Most of cell life
G1 (Growth/Gap 1/Interphase)
cell grows; organelles made
S-Phase (Synthesis/Interphase)
DNA replicates (X)
G2 (Growth/Gap 2/Interphase)
cell grows; preparation for division
Mitosis -1-
makes copy of nucleus
Cytokinesis -1-
cell/cytoplasm divides
new cells enter interphase
What are the 4 steps of mitosis?
- Prophase
- Metaphase
- Anaphase
- Telophase
Prophase (Pack/Mitosis)
Chromatin (DNA) PACKS into coils forming chromosomes
chromosomes can be seen
nuclear membrane breaks down
spindle fibers form
Metaphase (Middle/Mitosis)
Chromosomes line up separately in single file across the MIDDLE (equator) of the cell
Spindle fibers attach to chromosomes
Anaphase (Away/Mitosis)
Chromatids of double stranded chromosomes seperate
Single stranded chromosomes move AWAY from the middle of the cell as spindle fibers shorten
Telophase (Two/Mitosis)
Cell membrane pinches in the middle to begin forming TWO new cells
nuclear membrane reforms around each nucleus
Mitosis or Meiosis:
2n –> 2n
MITOSIS
Mitosis or Meiosis:
2n –> n
MEIOSIS
Prophase 1 (Meiosis)
Homologous (XX) chromosomes join together to form a tetrad
spindle fibers form
crossing over
What is a homologous chromosome?
code for same traits but NOT identical