Chapter 8 (PART 1) Flashcards
Cell & Life Cycles…
1) growth
2) wound repair
3) reproduction
4) cell division
Chromosomes
- contain info
- CONSTRUCT each part of the cell
Eukaryotic nucleus directs…
1) events in the cell
2) whole organisms
3) life cycle
Prokaryotes
-long, circular DNA molecule
Eukaryotes, vary in _____, _____, and _____
numbers, shapes, sizes
Linear DNA is wrapped around…
-histones
= balls of protein
In early stages of nuclear division, chromosomes consist of…
two IDENTICAL sister chromatids held together at CENTROMERE
Sister Chromatids
two identical copies of A chromatid
Centromere
part of chromosome that LINKS sister chromatids
Chromosomal ________ is essential part of cell cycle
duplication
Prokaryotes divide by _______ ______
binary fission
Eukaryotic Cell Cycle
1) interphase
2) m phase
Interphase includes THREE growth phases…
1) G1 Phase
2) S Phase
3) G2 Phase
G1 Phase
-cell parts replicated
S Phase
-DNA is synthesized/replicated
G2 Phase
- cells replicated
- cells prepare to divide