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What are the stages of mitosis?

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Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase

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What is PMAT?

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Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase

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What occurs in the interphase?

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G2 phase
S phase
G1 phase

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What is mitosis?

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The division of the nucleus

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What is cytokines?

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Splitting of the cell itself

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What is the overall process of mitosis?

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Cell division that separates chromosomes and produces daughter cells with identical nuclei.

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What is required for sexual reproduction?

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Meiosis

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What divides a eukaryotic cells genetic information into two identical daughter cells?

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Mitosis

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Cell division is necessary for an organism to….

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Reproduce

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A specialized type of cell division that produces cells that are genetically different from each other…..

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Meiosis

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How many chromosomes are in an adult human?

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46

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What would you find in chromatin?

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DNA and histones

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In order for a cell to divide, all of its genetic information has to be duplicated through a process called DNA ____________

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Replication

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What are the functions of mitosis in a multicellular organism?

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Replace cells that are lost each day to normal wear and tear, allow growth from a zygote into an adult, and repair damaged tissue after injury.

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What is fertilization?

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Process that results in the union of sperm and an egg….

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DNA replication occurs in what phase?

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S Phase of interphase

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What consist of fibers that will grow outward toward the chromosomes during mitosis?

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Mitotic Spindle

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Mitotic spindle is composed of protein fibers called……

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Microtubules

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Apoptosis……

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Cell death that is a normal part of development.

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What is also known as “programmed cell death”?

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Apoptosis

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In a plant cell, what separates the daughter cells, marking the site where a new cell wall will form???

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Cell plate

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When an animal cell undergoes cytokinesis, what is formed and a contractile ring pinches the two cells apart?

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Cleavage furrow

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What is the enzyme that adds new DNA nucleotides complementary to the bases on the exposed strand?

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DNA polymerase

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What forms covalent bonds between adjacent DNA segments?

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Ligases

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Mistakes in the DNA replication which is not corrected by DNA polymerase or if cell is exposed to a mutagen is called…..

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Mutation

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An asexual process that replicates DNA and distributes it into two daughter cells is…..

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Binary Fission

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The production of offspring whose genetic makeup comes from two parents is _________ reproduction?

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Sexual

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