Cellular Reproduction Flashcards

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1
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Cellular Growth

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If cell get too big; can’t do what it gotta do

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2
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How big are cells

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Average cells are 100 um in diameter

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3
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Surface are of a cell refers to

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Area of plasma membrane

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4
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Volume of a cell refers to

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All of cell contents

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5
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Diffusion over long distance is

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Too slow

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6
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Why is communication difficult in a large cell

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Chemical messages take too long to be delivered if the cell is too large

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7
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Life time of a cell

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Cell cycle

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8
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What is the importance of cell reproduction

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The reason we grow, heal, survive

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9
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Interphase

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G1, S, G2

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10
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Mitosis

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Nucleus and DNA of cell divides

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11
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Cytokinesis

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Cytoplasm of cell divides

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12
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Is the non condensed, stringy, form of DNA

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Chromatin

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13
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Chromatin condenses into dense X shaped structures 

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Chromosome

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14
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What is the final result of mitosis?

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2 cells called daughter cells and genetically identical, exact copies of DNA 

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15
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Produce spindle fibers that connect to chromosomes

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Centrioles

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16
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Attaches to replicated chromosome to pull sister chromatids apart

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Spindle fiber

17
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Chromatin condenses into chromosomes, nucleus, disappears, spindle, fibers, start forming 

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Prophase

18
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Chromosomes attach to spindle fibers in a line along middle of cell 

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Metaphase

19
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Spindle, fibers, shorten, pulling chromatids apart to opposite poles of the cell 

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Anaphase

20
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Chromosome suite paws of cell come in please reforms, chromosomes condense into chromatin

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Telophase