Cell Reproduction Flashcards
How do cells reproduce?
Dividing
What are gametes?
Sex cells
sperm and ova
What does an ova and a sperm fuse toegether to create in sex?
Zygote
How do fungi and bacteria reproduce?
Asexually
Define the cell cycle
The period between the formation of a new cell and when it divides into daughter cells
Run through the cell cycle
G1 SYNTHESIS G2 MIITOSIS CYTOKENSIS
Where does DNA replication occur?
in the synthesis stage
What makes up the largest part of the cell cycle?
Interphase
Define Mitosis
A type of cell division in which two identical daughter cells are prodcued.
What are somatic cells also known as?
Diploid
What are the three functions of mitosis?
Growth
Repair
Asexual Reproduction
Summarise the process of mitosis
Chromosomes duplicate
Sister chromatids separate
Nucleus divides
What are the autosomes?
Chromosomes1-22
Male chromosmes
XY
Female Chromosomes
XX
What is chromatin?
The subtance that makes up chromastids
What does mitosis produce?
Two daughter diploid cells
What does meiosis produce?
4 daughter haploid cells
Explain interphase for mitosis
- Cell is performing whatever job it is designed to do
- DNA replicates and begin to condense at the end of interphase
What can be seen for the interphase stage on mitosis
Individuals cannot see te chromosomes yet they can see the chromatin blob
What happens in mitosis in prophase I
Chromosomes begin to shorten and condense and therefore become much easier to see
-Nuclear mmembrane breaks down thus allowing the chromsomes to move around the cell
What is formed during prophase?
A spindle forms which is controlled by the centrioles.
Explain what happens at metaphase I in mitosis
Spindle fibres latch onto the chromosomes and line along the eqautor.
The spindle fibres attach the to the centro meters
Explain what is happening in anaphase 1 in mitosis
Spindle fibres contract which spikes the chromosmes into seperate chromatids
the derogate chromastids are then drawer to either end of the cell