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What are the four phases of Mitosis?

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Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase

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What is a sister chromatid?

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two identical chromosomes joined at centromere

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What are homologous pairs?

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equivalent but non identical and don’t come near each other during mitosis

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What happens during prophase?

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Chromosomes condense, nucleolus disappears, spindle and kinetochore fibers appear, and centriole pairs move to opposite ends of cell.

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What happens during metaphase?

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chromosomes line up at center of cell.

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What happens during Anaphase?

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Spindle fibers shorten and sister chromatid pairs are pulled apart. Cell elonges and cleavage furrow formed

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What happens during telophase?

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nuclear membrane forms around chromosomes at each end of cell, nucleolus becomes visible. Cell splits in two

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How many reading frames does a chromosome have?

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three

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What are the three reading frames?

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Centromere, promoter, and regions of replication

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What are protooncogenes

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normal versions of genes thatallow for regular growth patterns but can be converted to oncogenes

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What is a locus?

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Specific location of gene on chromosome

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What are alleles?

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different versions of gene

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What is a heterozygote?

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a person carrying two different alleles at a given locus

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What is a homozygote?

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individual carrying two identical alleles

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What happens during Prophase I of Meiosis?

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homologs pair and recombination occurs

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What happens in Metaphase I of Meiosis?

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Tetrads are aligned on metaphase plate

17
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What happens during Anaphase I of Meiosis?

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Homologs separate. Sister Chromatids stay together

18
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Describe Telophase I of Meiosis

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Two haploid cells are made. Each cell has single set of chromosomes which exist as sister chromatids

19
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What is the purpose of Meiosis II?

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Just to separate sister chromatids

20
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When are sister chromatids not identical?

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Anaphase II

21
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What is a testcross?

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a cross with a homozygous recessive.

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