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Chapter 2 Mitosis Meiosis Flashcards

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How prokaryotes reproduce, simple division, the separation of replicated circular chromosomes

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Binary Fission

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DNA and associated proteins of a chromosome

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Chromatin

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The number of chromosome sets

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Ploidy

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A cell having one set of chromosomes, one of each chromosome

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Haploid (1n)

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A cell having two sets of chromosomes, normally one from each parent

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Diploid (2n)

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A cell having more than two sets of chromosomes

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Polyploid (3x, 4x, 5x, etc.)

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Ploidy of humans

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2n=46 (23 from mother, 23 from father)

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A pair of chromosomes with the same genes on them (possibly not the same alleles), in 2n organisms usually one from the male parent and one from the female parent

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Homologous Pairs

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Chromosomes that carry different genes

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Nonhomologous Chromosomes

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The unpaired X and Y chromosomes

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Sex Chromosomes

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All the chromosomes except X and Y

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Autosomes

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A metaphase chromosome with centromere positioned so that there is a slightly shorter p arm and a longer q arm

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Submetacentric

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A metaphase chromosome with the centromere positioned right in the middle so that the two arms are the same length

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Metacentric

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A metaphase chromosome with the centrosome positioned basically at the end of the chromosome so that one arm is basically the whole length and the other is basically nonexistent

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Telocentric

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A metaphase chromosome with the centromere positioned so that there is one super long arm and one super tiny arm

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Acrocentric

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A complex of proteins that attaches to the centromere during cell division so that the spindle fibers can attach to them

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Kinetochore

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The protein that attach to the kinetochore and facilitate the movement of the sister chromatids to opposite sides of the cell in mitosis and meiosis

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Spindle Fibers

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The phase of the cell cycle in which the cell grows and carries on normal function, ~23 hours in a human cell in culture

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Interphase

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The phase of the cell cycle in which the cell divides ~1 hour in a human cell in culture

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M phase

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The part of interphase in which the cell has active gene expression and cell activity, and prepares for DNA synthesis, around 10 hours in a typical cell in culture

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G1 phase

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The part of interphase in which the cell replicates its DNA, about 9 hours in a typical cell in culture

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S phase

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The part of interphase in which the cell prepares everything it needs for cell division, around 4 hours in a typical cell in culture

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G2 Phase

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A kind of perpetual G1 phase in which a cell exits the cell cycle and does not divide, instead eventually dying (apoptosis)

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G0 Phase

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Identical copies of each chromosome present after each S-phase and held together at their centromeres

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Sister Chromatids

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The centromeres of sister chromatids
Sister Centromeres
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Genes found on different chromosomes, that are independently assorting
Unlinked
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The phase of mitosis in which chromosomes condense and the mitotic spindle forms
Prophase
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The phase of mitosis in which that nuclear envelope disintegrates and the spindle fibers anchor to the kinetochores
Prometaphase
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The part of mitosis in which the chromosomes align in the center, contains the spindle assembly checkpoint
Metaphase
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The checkpoint in metaphase in which the cell checks to make sure that the chromosomes are lined up properly and the spindle fibers are attached correctly
Spindle-Assembly Checkpoint
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The part of the cell where the chromosomes line up in metaphase
Metaphase Plate
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The part of mitosis in which the sister chromatids separate and migrate toward the spindle points
Anaphase
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The part of mitosis in which the chromosomes arrive at the spindle poles, the nuclear envelope reforms around them, and the chromosomes start to relax
Telophase
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The part of the cell cycle in which the cytoplasm divides and the cell wall forms in plant cells
Cytokinesis
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A microtubule based structure that is responsible for chromosome movement and separation
Spindle Apparatus (Mitotic Spindle)
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One of the components of the cytoskeleton comprised of polymerized tubulin, a major component of the mitotic spindle that is also involved in cytokinesis and vesicle transport
Microtubules
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The microtubule organizing center which localizes to the poles of the mitotic spindle and associates with the nuclear envelope during interphase
Centrosome
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Part of the centrosomes, a pair of small bodies that is found only in animals and helps organize microtubules
Centrioles
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The checkpoint in the cell cycle that confirms whether the cell has all the enzymes it needs to replicate it’s DNA
G1/S Checkpoint
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The checkpoint in the cell cycle in which the cell makes sure all the DNA is replicated and undamaged
G2/M Checkpoint
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The half of meiosis that is reduction division and contains the synapsis of homologous chromosomes, recombination, and the separation of homologous chromosomes
Meiosis I
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The half of meiosis that is the equational division, and has the separation of sister chromatids
Meiosis II
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The point at which homologous chromosomes remain in contact during late prophase I/metaphase I and where crossing over occurs
Chiasmata
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The fusion of chromosome pairs at the start of meiosis I
Synapsis
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The complex during meiosis that forms between non-sister chromatids during meiosis that contains multiple proteins that bind together homologous chromosomes to align them and facilitate crossing-over
Synaptonemal Complex
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The formation of new combinations of alleles during crossing over
Recombination
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The four synapsed chromatids for each homologous pair of chromosomes
Tetrads (Bivalents)
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Aggregates of proteins that form in the Synaptonemal Complex and mediate crossing over
Recombination Nodules
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A protein complex responsible for the condensation of chromosomes at mitosis
Condensins
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A protein complex that holds the two sister chromatids together
Cohesin
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An enzyme that cleaves one of the cohesion subunits, resulting in the release of sister chromatids that occurs in anaphase of mitosis and anaphase II of meiosis. It’s activity is controlled by the spindle assembly checkpoint
Separase
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A protein that associates with cohesin during meiosis I to protect it from being cleaved by separase too early. It is degraded after anaphase I to allow separase to cleave cohesin in anaphase II
Shugoshin
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All the cells other than germ cells, never go through meiosis, but can undergo mutations; however, these mutations are not passed on tho offspring because they are not in germ cells
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The precursor cells to gametes located in the gonads (testis and ovary), go through mitosis and meiosis only at specific stages of development
Germ Cells
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The process of gamete formation
Gametogenesis
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The male sex cells that go through mitosis and cell division
Spermatogonia
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The female sex cells that go through mitosis and cell division
Oogonia
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The male sex cells that are in meiosis I
Primary spermatocytes
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The female sex cells that are in meiosis I
Primary oocyte
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The male sex cells that are the products of meiosis I and are in the process of meiosis II
Secondary Spermatocytes
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The female sex cells that are the products of meiosis I and are in the process of meiosis II
Secondary oocyte and first polar body
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The male sex cells that have completes meiosis II
Spermatids
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The female sex cells that have completes meiosis II
Ovum and second polar body
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The four female 1n cells that plants produce , three of them degenerate
Megaspores
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The female cell that plants produce by having the surviving megaspore undergo 3 rounds of mitosis without actually dividing that has 8 genetically identical nuclei
Female Gametophyte
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The four male 1n cells that plants produce
Microspores
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The nucleus in a pollen grain that creates the pollen tube
Tube Nucleus
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The nucleus in a pollen grain that produces two genetically identical sperm cells when it goes through mitosis
Generative Nucleus
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The cell that forms form the cytoplasm of the female gametophyte dividing that has one nucleus and is eventually fertilized by one of the sperm
Egg
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The cell after the division of the female gametophyte that ends up with two nuclei
Binucleate cell with polar nuclei
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The cell that forms form the cell that has two nuclei after the division of the female gametophyte when it is fertilized by one of the sperm
Endosperm

GENE 3200 Test 2 (4 decks)

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