Ch 9 Mitosis and Binary fission Flashcards
cell division
Binary Fission
prokaryotes devide by binary fision, so do chloroplasts and mitochondria.
Eukaryote cell division is termed;
mitosis
what does DNA stand for?
deoxyribonucleic acid
genes are;
the basic units of inheritance. segments of DNA of a chromosome, ranging from a few hundred to many thou sands of nucleotides in length. express a certian trait or traits.
Mitotic cell division
the production of two daughter cells that are genetically identical to the parent cell
four bases of DNA
adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G), or cytosine (C)
Stem cells have two important characteristics:
self renewal and potency
what is meant by the term Potency when considering stem cells?
dividing stem cells produce daughter cells that can differentiate into a variety of specialized cell types
what type of cells arise when a stem cell divides?
one daugh- ter cell remains a stem cell (self-renewal, middle left). The other daughter cell may divide a few times, but eventually differentiates into a specialized cell type
sexual reproduction occurs when offspring are produced by the fusion of gametes. what are gametes?
sperm and egg cells.
prokaryotic fission
the division of prokaryotic cells.
what protein holds DNA double helix wound up in the shape of chromosomes?
histone protein, as cell division begins, proteins fold up the chromosome, yielding about another 10-fold condensation
what is a telomere?
(“end part” in Greek) are pro- tective caps at each end of a chromosome. keep chromosomes from fusing with one another.
centromere and its 2 principal functions on a chromosome?
(“central part”) (1) It temporarily holds two daughter DNA double helices together after DNA replication, and (2) it is the attachment site for microtubules that move the chromosomes during cell division.
the period (phase) between cell divisions
interphase
Interphase con- tains three subphases:
G1 (the first growth phase and the first gap in DNA synthesis), S (when DNA synthesis occurs), and G2 (the second growth phase and the second gap in DNA syn- thesis).