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Chapter 9 Vocab Flashcards

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Asexual reproduction

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•offspring are clones/identical to the parent cell

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Cancer

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•uncontrollable growth and division of cells

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Cell cycle

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  • 5 stages
  • prevents the cell from becoming too large
  • allows for growth and heals certain injuries
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Centromere

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•cell structure that joins 2 sister chromatids

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Chromosome

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•packaged and organized, consisting of DNA, protein and RNA

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Crossing over

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  • non-sister chromatids exchange pieces of genetic material

* provides 4 different chromosomes

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Cyntokinesis

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•final step of the cycle where the cells cytoplasm divides into 2 new cells

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Diploid

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• having 2 copies of each chromosome

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Gamete

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  • haploid sex cell

* combines with another gamete to produce fertilized diploid cell

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Haploid

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•cell with half the number of chromosomes as a diploid

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Interphase

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•1st stage of the cell cycle in which a cell grows, matures, and replicates its DNA

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Meiosis

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  • reduction division process

* occurs in the reproductive cells

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Metaphase (middle)

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  • sister chromatids line up in the middle of the cell

* 2nd stage in mitosis

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Mitosis

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•DNA gets copied correctly and equally divided

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Prophase (pre)

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  • nuclear envelope seems to disappear

* 1st stage in mitosis

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Sexual reproduction

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•production of new living organisms by combining genetic information from two individuals of different types

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Sister chromatids

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•structure that contains identical DNA copies and his form during DNA replication

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Telophase

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  • 2 new nuclear membranes begin to form around the DNA

* last stage of mitosis

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Zygote

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• fertilized diploid that results in a baby

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Anaphase

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  • Sister chromatids separate

* chromosomes move toward the poles of the cell

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