Cellular Division Flashcards
What are the reasons (4) that cells divide?
- Reproduction
- Growth and Development
- Tissue Renewal
- Maintain Surface Area:Volume (SA:V) Ratio
What are the 2 main types of cellular division?
- Asexual
- Sexual
What are the 2 types of asexual cellular division?
- Mitosis
- Binary Fission
What is the 1 type of sexual reproduction?
Meiosis
What is the term “Genome” referring to?
The DNA of a cell
What is the chromosome structure of Prokaryotes?
Single circular chromosome
What is the chromosome structure of Eukaryotes?
- Linear chromosomes
- Cells often contain 2 copies of each chromosome
What is the term used to describe when cells contain 2 copies of each chromosome?
Homologous chromosomes
What is a chromosome?
Long strand of DNA wrapped around proteins (histones)
What is the name of the protein that DNA wraps around in a chromosome?
Histone
What is chromatin?
A highly condensed form of DNA (DNA is folded and packed tightly)
What is the role of histones?
This protein associates with DNA and helps it condense into chromatin
There are 3 components of chromosome structure. What are those 3 components?
- Centromere
- Telomere
- Kinetochore
What is the Centromere?
Condensed region of the chromosome
What is the Telomere?
Region of repetitive DNA sequences, located at the end of chromosome
What is the Kinetochore?
Disc-shaped protein that spindle fibers attach to
Chromosomes are duplicated before cellular division creating what?
Sister chromatids
Where are the sister chromatids, created before cellular division, held together?
Centromere
When are the sister chromatids pulled apart?
During mitosis
What form of reproduction is bacterial binary fission classified as?
Asexual reproduction
What are the stages (4) of interphase?
- Gap 1(G1)
- Synthesis(S)
- Gap 2(G2)
- G0(Gsubscript0)
What occurs during G1 of interphase?
Growth, protein synthesis, organelle synthesis
What occurs during synthesis of interphase?
DNA is duplicated
What occurs during G2 of interphase?
Growth, synthesis of microtubules, cell cycle checkpoints