Chapter 9- The Cell Cycle Flashcards
1
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cell cycle
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An orderly set of stages that occur between rounds of cell division.
2
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parent cell
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Cell you start with.
3
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daughter cells
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Two new cells you make by the end of the cell cycle.
4
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interphase
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Getting ready for cell division.
5
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mitosis and cytokinesis
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Process of dividing.
6
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mitosis
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Division of nucleus and its contents
7
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cytokinesis
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Splitting up of every other part of the cell (excluding nucleus).
8
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Interphase: G1 Stage
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Growth phase
-size increases
-Productional of additional organelles (mitochondria, ribosomes, etc.)
-preparation for DNA synthesis (next stage)
