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Why can a eukaryotic cells not simply split into two?

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Because then only one daughter cell would inherit the nucleus and the DNA. A cell’s cytoplasm only splits after its DNA has been copied and packaged into more than one nucleus.

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What is Mitosis?

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Mitosis is a nuclear division mechanism that occurs in somatic (body) cells of multicelled organisms.

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What is Meiosis?

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The basis of sexual reproduction, in humans and mammals gametes (sperm and eggs) develop from immature reproductive cells.

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Functions of Mitosis cytoplasm division (4).

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In all multicelled eukaryotes, the basis of three processes:

  1. Increases in body size during growth
  2. Replacement of dead or worn-out cells
  3. Repair of damaged tissues

In single-celled and many multicelled species, also the
basis of asexual reproduction

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Function of Meiosis cytoplasm division.

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In single-celled and multicelled eukaryotes, the basis of sexual reproduction; precedes gamete formation or spore formation.

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Function of Prokaryotic fission.

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In bacteria and archaeans alone, the basis of sexual reproduction.

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What are Sister Chromatids?

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Two attached molecules of DNA (attached as one chromosome)

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What are Histones?

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“Spools” of proteins. Under a microscope appears as beads on a string.

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What are Nucleosomes?

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A “bead” of a histone, the smallest unit of structural organization in eukaryotic chromosomes.

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What is a Centromere?

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The constricted region of a sister chromatid.

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What are Kinetochores?

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Binding sites for microtubules that tether the chromatids.

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What is a Cell Cycle?

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A series of events from one cell division to the next. Consists of: mitosis, cytoplasmic division, and interphase.

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What is Interphase?

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Interphase consists of three stages that increases the mass, doubles the cytoplasmic components, and duplicates the DNA of a cell.

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What are the three stages of Interphase?

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  1. G1 - Interval (Gap) of cell growth and activity before the onset of DNA replication.
  2. Time of “Synthesis” (DNA replication).
  3. G2 - Second interval (Gap) after DNA replication where the cell prepares for division.
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What is the Chromosome Number?

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The sum of all chromosomes in a cell of a given type.

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What are the four stages of Mitosis?

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  1. Prophase
  2. Metaphase
  3. Anaphase
  4. Telophase
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What is the Bipolar Spindle?

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A dynamic network of microtubules the grows from opposite poles of the cell during prophase.

18
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What does “Mitos” mean?

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Comes from the Greek word “thread”.

19
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What happens to two sister chromatids during prophase?

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The duplicated chromosomes condense and become threadlike, and then rod-shaped. New microtubules assemble.

20
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What is a Centrosome?

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A region near the nucleus that will organize microtubules while they are forming.

21
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When is the Centrosome duplicated?

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Just before prophase.

22
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What happens in the early stages of prophase?

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Mitosis begins. DNA and its associated proteins have started to condense. Two chromosomes were inherited from the female parent. The
other two are their counterparts,
inherited from the male parent.

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What happens in the late stages of prophase?

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The duplicated chromosomes
continue to condense. New
microtubules move one of two
pairs of centrioles to the opposite side of the nucleus. The nuclear envelope starts to break up.

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What happens during the transition from prophase to metaphase?

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Microtubules penetrate the nuclear region and collectively form a bipolar spindle. Some tether one sister chromatid of each chromosome to a spindle pole. Others overlap at the spindle equator.

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What happens during metaphase?

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All of the chromosomes have become lined up midway between the spindle poles. At this stage of mitosis, the chromosomes are in their most tightly condensed form.

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What happens during anaphase?

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Sister chromatids separate as motor proteins moving along spindle microtubules drag them to opposite spindle poles. Other microtubules push the poles farther apart.

27
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What happens during telophase?

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There are two clusters of chromosomes, which now decondense. Patches of new membrane fuse to form a new nuclear envelope. Mitosis is over.

28
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What results at the end of mitosis?

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After cytoplasmic division, there are two daughter cells. Each is diploid: Its nucleus has two of each type of chromosome, just like the parent cell.

29
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What are Kinases?

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A class of enzymes that can activate other molecules by transferring a phosphate group to them. When DNA is broken or incomplete, kinases can activate certain proteins that eventually lead to cell death or stopping the cell cycle.

30
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What are Growth Factors (checkpoints)?

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Checkpoint proteins that activate genes that stimulate cells to grow and divide.

31
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How is a tumour formed?

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When a cell’s continually dividing descendants are not stopped by a checkpoint protein and abnormal mass is formed.

32
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What are Neoplasms?

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Moles and other tumours, or abnormal masses of cells that lost control over how they grow and divide.

33
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What are Cancers?

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Abnormally growing and dividing cells of a malignant neoplasm, they physically and metabolically disrupt surrounding tissues.