L2 CELL DIVISION Flashcards
What are the products of Mitosis?
Results in two daughter cells which contain
same number of chromosomes as in parent cell
What are the 4 stages of Mitosis?
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
What happens during interphase? (5)
1.Growing in size
2.Obtaining nutrients
3.Duplicating cell organelles, cytoplasmic components
4. By copying (replication) its DNA (each chromosome
contains 2 sister chromatids with single centromere)
5.Duplication of centrioles
How long do cells remain in interphase?
Most of its life cycle approx. 23hours.
What are the three phases of interphase and what happens during each?
G1
G2
S
What happens during prophase of mitosis?
Chromosomes begin to coil, become thick and short
-Each chromosome contains 2 chromatids (sister chromatids) joined at the centromere
Centrioles separate and move to the opposite poles of the cell
Parallel running microtubules (spindle fibres) formed and extend between 2 centrioles – spindle formation
Nucleolus disappears
Nuclear envelop disappears and chromosomes are released to cytoplasm
What happens during metaphase of mitosis?
As the nuclear membrane disappears the spindle
occupies the central region of cell
Chromosomes move toward the equator of the spindle and arrange themselves in a line- metaphase plate
Microtubules (spindle fibres) attached to centromeres of chromosomes
What happens during anaphase of mitosis?
Centromeres divide and sister chromatids separate
into individual chromosomes
Spindle fibers contract, the chromosomes are pulled to
opposite poles of the cell
Cleavage furrow is formed at the equator of the cell by in folding of the cell membrane
What happens during teleophase mitosis?
Chromosomes gather at opposite ends of the cell
and nuclear membrane is reformed around them
The spindle disintegrates
Cleavage furrow becomes deep and divides the cell into two (cytokinesis)
What is meiosis?
Special type of cell division which occurs in testes and ovary during the production of sperms and ovum
What does meiosis result in?
Four daughter cells produced at the end of 2 divisions.
Each daughter cell contains half the number (haploid) of parent cell chromosomes
What are the stages of meiosis?
Two divisions occur in quick succession (meiosis I and meiosis II)
What happens during interphase of Meiosis?
Replication (duplication) of DNA takes place
How many phases does Meiosis I have?
- Prophase I
- Metaphase I
- Anaphase I
- Telophase I
How many phases does Prophase I of Meiosis have?
- Leptotene
- Zygotene
- Pachytene
- Diplotene
- Diakinesis