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a light microscope

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a tool that uses beams of light and optical lenses to magnify objects

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an electron microscope

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a tool that uses beams of electrons and magnetic lenses to magnify specimens

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magnification

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a measure of how much bigger an object is than the real object

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resolution

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how close two objects can be before they are seen as one

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transmission electron micrographs

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micrographs produced by electrons that give 2d images like electron microscopes but with higher magnification

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scanning electron micrographs

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micrograph produced by electron microscopes that have lower mag than transmission ones but seen in 3d

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organelles

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sub cellular bodies found in cytoplasm of cell

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eukaryotes

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group of organisms with cells that have genetic material enclosed in membrane

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prokaryotes

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group of organisms with genetic information not enclosed in membrane bound organelle

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cell surface membrane

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membrane that forms the outer bound of the cytoplasm and controls what goes in and out of the cell

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vesicles

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membrane bags that hold secretions made in cells

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polar liquids

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lipids with on end attached to a polar group

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gated channels

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protein channels through the bilipid layer opening and closing depending on activity

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fluid mosaic model

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current model for the phosphobilipid layer

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cytoplasm

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jelly like substance that makes bulk of cell and contains organelles

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nucleus

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contains genetic material surrounded by nucleus pores

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protoplasm

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cytoplasm and nucleus combined

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chromatin

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granular combination of dna bonded to protein found in nucleus when cell not actively not dividing

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nucleolus

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dense area of almost pure dna where ribosomes are produced and where division and growth occur

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cristae

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infoldings of inner membrane which provide large surface area for aerobic respiration

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eubacteria

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true bacteria
(prokaryotes and organisms)

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endosymbiotic theory

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suggests mitochondria and chloroplasts lived as independent organelles before living sybmbiotically with other organisms

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centrioles

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bundle of tubules found near the nucleus involved in cell division by production of a spindle of microtubules that move to each side of the cell

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spindle

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set of overlapping microtubules running length of the cell formed as centrioles pull apart in meioisis and mitosis

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cytoskeleton

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dynamic 3d web like structure made of microfilaments that keep web in place and keeps organelles bound

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microfilaments

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protein fibres that make up part of cytoskeleton

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microtubules

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protein fibres 20mm in diamater that make up part of cytoskeleton

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vacuole

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fluid filler cavity in cytoplasm of cell surrounded by a membrane

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endoplasmic reticulum

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3d network of membrane bound cavities that link to nuclear membrane and makes up large part of transport and synthesis

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contracile vacoules

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vacuoles that can fill and are empty to help control concentration of cytoplasm of simple freshwater animals

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80s ribosomes

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found in eukaryotes
site of protein synthesis
made of 60s and 40s
have ribisomal RNA

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70s ribosomes

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found in prokaryotes

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rough endoplasmic reticulum

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ER that is covered in ribosomes involved in production and transport of proteins

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exocytosis

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energy requiring process where vesicle fuses with cell surface membrane so contents are released outside the cell

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smooth endoplasmic reticulum

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smooth tubular surface without ribosomes involved in transport of steroids and lipids

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golgi apparatus

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stacks of membranes that modify proteins made elsewhere in cell and package them to transport them

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lysosome

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organelle full of digestive enzymes used to break worn out cells or digest simple foods

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apoptosis

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programmed cell death
break down of worn out damaged cells by lysosomes

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cell wall

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freely permeable membrane around plant cells mainly made of cellulose

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suberin

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chemical that impregnates cellulose cell walls in cork tissues and make them impermeable

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lignin

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chemical that impregnates cellulose cell wall in wood and makes it impermeable

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middle lamella

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first layer of plant cell to be formed when plant cell divides
mainly made of calcium pectate that binds layers of cellulose together

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pectin

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polysaccharide tht holds cell walls of neighouring plant cells together and is part of primary structure of plant cell wall

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primary cell wall

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first very flexible plant cell to form with all cellulose microfibrils oriented in a similar direction

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secondary cell wall

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older plant cell wall in which the cellulose microfibrils built in different angles to each other making cell wall more rigid

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plant fibres

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long cells with cellulose cell walls that have been heavily lignified so they are rigid and very strong

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plasmodesmata

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cytoplasmic bridges between plant cell walls that allow comunication between cells

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symplast

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interconnected cytoplasm of plant cells connected by plasmodesmata

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tonoplast

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specialised membrane that surrounds the permanent vacoule in plant cells and controls movement of substances in and out of cells

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cell sap

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aquaous solution that fills vacoule

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chloroplast

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organelle adapted to carry out photosynthesis contaning green pigment chlorophyll

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amyloplast

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plant organelles that store starch

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tissue

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group of specialised cells carrying out specific function

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epithelial tissue

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tissues that form the lining of surfaces inside and outside the body

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hypertonic solution

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solution with higher concentration of solutes and lower concentration of water than surrounding solution

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peptidoglycan

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large net like molecule found in all bacterial cell walls made up of many parralel polysaccharide chains with short peptide cross linkages

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pili (fimbriae)

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thread like protein projections found on surface of some bacterias

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bacteriophages

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viruses that attack bacteria

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flagella

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many stranded helices of the contracile protein flagellin found on some bacteria. they move the bacteria by rapid rotations

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mesosomes

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infoldings of cell membrane of bacteria

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nucleiod

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area in a bacterium wheree we find single length of coiled dna

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plasmids

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small circular pieces of dna that code for specific aspects of the bacterial phenotype

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gram staining

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staining technique used to tell apart bacteria type from cell walls

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gram positive bacteria

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bacteria that have technioc acid in cell walls and stain purple blue with staninng

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teichoic acid

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chemical found in cell walls of gram positive cell

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gram negative bacteria

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bacteria that have no techoic acid in cell wall and stain red during staning

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cocci

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spherical bacteria

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bacilli

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rod shaped bacteria

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spirilla

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bacteria with twisted or spiral shape

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vibrios

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comma shaped bacteria

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obligate aerboes

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organisms that need oxygen for respiration

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envelope

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coat outside a virus derived from lipids in the host cell

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capsid

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protein coat of a virus

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capsomeres

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repeating protein units that make up capsid in virus cell

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virus attachment particles

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antigens that target proteins in host cells surface membrane

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Dna viruses

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composed of dna as genetic material

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rna viruses

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composed of rna as genetic material

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retroviruses

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special type of rna virus that controls the production of dna corresponding to viral rna and insert it into the host cell dna

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reverse transcriptase

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enzyme synthesised in the life cycle of a retrovirus that makes dna corresponding to viral rna genome

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non virulent

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micro organism that doesnt cause disease

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provirus

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dna thats inserted into host cell during lysogenic pathway of production of viruses

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lysogeny

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period when cell virus doesnt effect host

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latent

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state of non virulent cell within host cell

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ebola

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highly infectious disease that causes fever and internal bleeding and death in half cases

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mortality rate

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measurment of the number of deaths in a given population or due to a specific case

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pandemic

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epidemic that takes place in several places or globally

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mitosis

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process by which a cell divides and produces two daughter cells

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asexual re produces

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geneticlly indentical produce

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meiosis

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gametes making sexually different organisms

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histones

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positively charged proteins involved in coiling of dna to form dense chromosomes in cell division

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nucleososomes

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dense clusters of dna wound around histones

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karyotype

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way of displaying images of chromosomes of a cell to show pairs of autosomes and gametes

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cell cycle

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regulates process in which two daughter cells are produced

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interphase

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period between active cell division when cells increase their size and mass replicate dna and are in normal stage

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chromatid

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one strand of dna joined with other chromatids in centrosomes

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cyclins

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small proteins that vuild up during interphase and involved in control of cell cycle by their attachment to cyclin dependent kinases

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cyclin dependent kinases

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enzymes involved in control of the cell cycle by phospholyrating other proteins activated by atatchment to cyclins

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prophase

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first stage of cell division where chromosomes are coiled up and consist of the daughter chromatids joined by the centromere. the nucleoluus breaks down

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metaphase

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second stage of active division where a spindle of overlapping protein microtubules form and chromatids line up on the metaphase plate

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anaphase

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third stage
where centromeres split so chromatids become new chromosomes.
moved to opposite sides
centromeres first
by contractions of microtubules of spindles

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telophase

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where nuclear membrane forms around two sets of chromosomes
chromosomes unravel and spindle breaks down

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centromere

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region where a pair of chromatids joined which attached to single strand of spindle at metaphase plate

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metaphase plate

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region of spindle in middle of cell where chromosomes line up

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cytokenesis

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division of cytoplasm to make two daughter cells

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clones

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genetically identical offspring produced as a result of natural or artificial asexual reproduction

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binary fission

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splitting of one individual to form other individuals

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sporulation

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production of asexual spores that can grow into individuals

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regeneration

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use of mitosis to regrow a body part that has been lost

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fragmentation

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use of mitosis to regenerate whole organism with fragment of an animal

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budding

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outgrowth from parent organism which develops into individual via mitosis

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vegetative propogation

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a plant forms a structure by mitosis that develops into a fully differentiated genetically identical new plant

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parthenogenesis

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an unfertilised egg develops into a new individual

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dry mass

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mass of an organism where all water is removed from

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meristem

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region of mitosis and growth in a plants shoot or root

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diploid

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cell with nucleus containing full set of chromosomes

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haploid

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cell with once complete set of chromosomes

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zygote

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cell formed when to haploid cells fuse at fertilisation

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fertilisation

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fusing of two haploid cells to form diploid zygote

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polypoidy

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when cell or organism has more than two sets of organisms

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gonads

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sex organs in animals

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anthers

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sex organs in plants

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pollen

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produced in anthers
has haploid male gametes in plants

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ovules

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formed in overies
have haploid female gametes in plants

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testes

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male sexual organs

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spermatoza

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haploid male gamates in animals

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ova

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haploid female gamates in animals

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microspores

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result of meiosis in plants that produce male gametes pollen

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megaspores

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result of meoisis in plants that produce female gametes in plantes ovula

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chiasmata

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points where chromosomes break during recombination

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translocation

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part of chromosome breaks of and joins different chromosome

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sex chromosomes

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with haploid nucleus that determine sex of offspring

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non disjunction

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when chromosomes fail to seperate and copy so one has copy and one doesnt

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monosomy

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when only one member of pair of chromosome present in cell

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polysomy

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when cell contains three or more of same chromosome

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aneuploidy

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when cell has to many or few chromosomes

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mutation rate

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rate at which mutation naturally occurs

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mutagens

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chemicals known to increase rate of mutation

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gameotegenesis

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formation of gametes in sex organs

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primordial germ cell

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cells that divide by meosis do form sperm and ova

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spermatogenesis

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formulation of sperm in testes

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oogenesis

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formulation of ova in ovaries

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sporophyte generation

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diploid generation in plants that produce spores by meiosis

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gametophyte generation

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haploid generation in plants that gives rise to gametes by mitosis

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sporophyte

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diploid main body of plant

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pollen sacs

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parts of anthers where pollen grains develop

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tube nucleus

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male nucleus where that will control production of pollen tube in fertilisation

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generative nucleus

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male nucleus that will fuse with female nucleus

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pollen tube

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tube that grows out of pollen grain down style into ovary and through micropyle of ovule to carry two male nuclei to the ovule

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placenta

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pad of special tissue that attaches plant ovule to the ovary wall

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pollination

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transfer of pollen from anther to stigma

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external fertilisation

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process of fertilisation of female gamete by male gamete met outside parental bodies to fuse and fertilise

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internal fertilisation

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fertlisation of female by male inside mothers body

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acrosome

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region of head that has enzymes to digest layer of ova

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zona pelludica

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layer of protective jelly around infertilused egg cell

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polyspermy

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fertilisation of egg by more than one sperm

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fertilisation membrane

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tough layer formed outside egg to stop more sperm getting in

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conception

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fertilisation of sperm in humans

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germination

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pollen tube start to grown out of pollen grains to transfer male nuclei to ovule

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double fertilisation

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one male nucleus fuses with nuclei of two polar nuclei to form endosperm nucleus and fuses with egg cell to form diploid zygote

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totipotent

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cell is able to develop into any type of cell

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cleavage

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special type of mitosis with no interphase to have lots of undifferentiated cells

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blastocyst

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hollow ball of cells 5 days after fertilisation

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embryonic stem cells

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cells in early stage embryo that have potential to form many other cells

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pluripotent

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cell is able to develop into most other cells

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pluripotent embryonic stem cells

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cells that can form most but not all types of cells

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cell determination

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pedestination of cells to become type of tissue depending on position

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diffrentiate

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develop into specific type of tissues

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