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Lecture 14 mitosis and meiosis Flashcards

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What is chromatin?

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A dense material made of double stranded DNA molecules and proteins

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What are the two double stranded DNA molecules formed after DNA replicates during S phase called?

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Sister chromatids

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How are sister chromatids held together?

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By a protein complex called cohesin along most of their length

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When is chohesin removed?

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Mitosis, most is removed, except at the centromere

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What is the centromere?

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The point at which sister chromatids are held together

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After DNA replication, how is DNA further compacted?

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Condensins coat the DNA molecule

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7
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What is the diameter of the nucleus?

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5 micrometers

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How long is the typical DNA in a human cell, end to end?

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2m

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What proteins are contained within chromosomes?

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Histones

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10
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How many classes of histones are there?

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5

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What charge do histones have?

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Positive at cellular pH levels

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Why are histones positively charged?

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High content of basic amino acids lysine and arginine

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13
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What do positive charges on histones do?

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Attract negative phosphate groups on DNA

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14
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What interactions result in nucleosomes?

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DNA- Histone interactions

Histone-histone interactions

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15
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What are nucleosomes like?

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Bead like

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16
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How many histone molecules are their in each nucleosome?

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Eight, 2 each of 4 of the histone classes

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17
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How are histones arranged within a nucleosome?

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United to arrange a core or spool

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18
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How many base pairs are there in a nucleosome?

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146

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19
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How many turns of base pairs are wrapped around each histone spool?

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1.65 turns

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20
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What is the final component of a nucleosome?

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Histone H1

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21
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What does H1 do?

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Found on the outside of the DNA

clamps it to the histone core

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22
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What runs between nucleosomes?

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A variable amount of non-nucleosomal linker DNA

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23
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How is DNA arranged during interphase?

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A single DNA molecule running between chromosomes

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24
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What is DNA exposed to during interphase?

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Nuclear environment

Including proteins involved in replication and regulation of expression

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What happens to chromatin during mitosis and meiosis?

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It becomes more tightly coiled and condensed

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Up until what point does further coiling of chromatin take place?

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Until chromatids begin to move apart

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27
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What is mitosis?

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A single nucleus gives rise to two nuclei that are genetically identical to each other and to the parent nucleus

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28
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What are the subdivisions of mitosis, in order?

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Prophase
Prometaphase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
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29
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What is the centrosome?

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An organelle in the cytoplasm near the nucleus

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30
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What happens to the centrosome during S phase?

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It doubles, forming a pair of centrosomes

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What does a centrosome consist of?

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A pair of centrioles- each one a hollow tube lined with nine micro tubules. The tubes are at right angles to each other.

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32
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When do the two centrosomes separate from each other?

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At the G2 to M transition

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33
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Where do the centrosomes go after they have separated?

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To opposite ends of the nuclear envelope

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34
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What does orientation of the centrosomes correlate with?

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The plane at which the cell will divide

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35
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What is the consequence of determining the plane at which the cell divides?

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It determines the spatial relationship of the two new cells to the parent cell- important for making body tissue

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36
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What surrounds the centrioles?

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A high concentration of tubulin dimers

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37
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What do tubulin dimers do?

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Initiate the formation of microtubules which orchestrate chromosomal movement

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38
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Plants lack centrosomes. How is chromosomal movement controlled?

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A distinct microtubule organizing center at either end of the cell plays the same role

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39
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What does formation of microtubules lead to?

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The formation of the spindle structures that segregate chromosomes

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40
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When do chromatids become visible?

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prophase

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41
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When does the spindle form?

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Prophase

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42
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What is visible under a light microscope during interphase?

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Nuclear envelope
Nucleoli
Tangle oc chromatin

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43
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What happens during prophase to cohesin?

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It is removed (not removed at centromere)- chromatids become visible

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44
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What structure develops late in prophase?

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Specialized three-layered structures called kinetochores

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45
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Where do kinetochores develop?

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In the centromere region, one on each chromatid

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46
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What are kinetochores important for?

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Chromosome movement

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47
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What do the two centromeres act as?

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A mitotic center, or pole, towards which the chromosomes move

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48
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How does the spindle form?

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Microtubules form between each pole and the chromosomes

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49
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What is the purpose of the spindles?

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A structure to which chromosomes attach and as a frame work for keeping the poles apart

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What is the behavior of the spindles when they first form?

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Initially unstable- they constantly form and fall apart

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When do spindles become more stable?

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When they contact microtubules from the other half spindle

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What is the structure of the spindle?

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Made up of 2 half spindles- each microtubule runs from one pole to the middle of the spindle, where it overlaps with the microtubules from the other half spindle

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What are the two types of microtubule in the spindle?

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Polar microtubules

Kinetochore microtubules

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54
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What are polar microtubules?

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Microtubules that form the framework of the spindle

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55
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What is the structure of polar microtubules?

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Abundant tubulin around centrioles

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56
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How are polar microtubules made up?

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Tubulin dimers aggregate to form long fibers that extend to the middle region of the cell

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What are kinetochore microtubules?

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Microtubules that attach to the kinetochores on the chromosomes

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When do kinetochore microtubules form?

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Later than the polar microtubules

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How do sister chromatids become attached to the kinetochore microtubules?

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Sister chromatids in each chromosome pair become attached by their kinetochore to kinetochore microtubules in opposite halves of the spindle

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What does the attachment of kinetochores to kinetochore microtubules ensure?

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That one chromatid of the pair will move to one pole and the other chromatid to the opposite pole

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What marks prometaphase?

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The disappearance of the nuclear envelope and the nucleoli

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What happens to the material that composes the nuclear envelope and nucleoli when it disappears during prometaphase?

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It remains in the cytoplasm to be reassembled when daughter nuclei form

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What begins to happen in prometaphase but is countered?

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The movement of chromosomes towards the poles

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What counters the movement of chromosomes towards the poles during prometaphase?

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  • Repulsive force from the poles pushes the chromosomes towards the middle region (equatorial plate) of the cell
  • The two chromatids are still held at the centromere by cohesin
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What is the middle region of the cell called?

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The equatorial plate, or metaphase plate

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What does the movement and countermovement of chromosomes during prometaphase do?

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Makes the chromosomes appear to move aimlessly back and forth between poles and the middle as they approach the equatorial plate

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What marks the start of metaphase?

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When the centromeres arrive at the equatorial plate

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When is the best time to see the sizes and shapes of the chromosomes and why?

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Metaphase

Because they are maximally condensed

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What happens by the end of metaphase?

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All of the chromatid pairs separate simultaneously.

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What marks the beginning of anaphase?

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Separation of the chromatids

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71
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What happens during anaphase?

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The sister chromatids move to opposite ends of the spindle

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What does each chromatid contain during anaphase?

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One double stranded DNA molecule called the daughter chromosome

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Why does separation of the chromatids occur during anaphase?

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One subunit of cohesin holding sister chromatids together is hydrolyzed

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What type of molecule hydrolyzes the subunit of cohesin during anaphase?

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A protease called separase

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How is separase present in a cell?

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It is present but inactive until anaphase, bound to an inhibitory subunit called securin

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What happens to securin once all of the chromatids are connected to the spindle?

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Securin in hydrolyzed

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What effect does the hydrolysis of securin during anaphase have?

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Separase catalyzes the cohesin breakdown

78
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What is the process of hydrolyzing securin in order for separase to break down cohesin called?

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The spindle checkpoint

79
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What does the spindle checkpoint sense?

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Whether there are any unattached kinetochores- if so, securin breakdown is blocked.

80
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What two things move chromosomes along?

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  • Molecular motors

- Shortening microtubules

81
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What act as molecular motors?

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Proteins at the kinetochore

82
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What are the names of the proteins at the kinetochore that act as molecular motors?

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Cytoplasmic dynein

83
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How do cytoplasmic dynein’s work?

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They hydrolyze ATP to ADP

This releases energy to move chromosomes along microtubules towards the poles

84
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What % of the force of motion do molecular motors account for?

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75%

85
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What % of force does the shortening of microtubules towards the poles account for?

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25%

86
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What happens to the poles during anaphase?

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They are pushed further apart, doubling the distance between them

87
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Why does distance between poles increase during anaphase?

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Overlapping polar microtubules extending from opposite ends contain motor proteins that cause them to slide past each other

88
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What happens to make the cell enter telophase?

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The chromosomes stop moving at the end of anaphase

89
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What is the situation at the start of telophase?

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Two sets of identical daughter chromosomes are at opposite ends of the spindle

90
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What happens to the spindle in telophase?

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It starts to break down

91
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What happens to the chromosomes in telophase?

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They start to uncoil and become diffuse tangle of chromatin

92
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What happens to the nuclear envelope and nucleoli in telophase?

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They coalesce and re-form their respective structures

93
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What does mitosis only refer to? (Hint: what separates it from cytokinesis?)

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The division of the nucleus

Division of cytoplasm is cytokinesis

94
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What effects how cytokinesis occurs?

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The type of organism- for example, plants and animals are very different in their cytokinesis

95
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How do animal cells divide during cytokinesis?

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By furrowing of the plasma membrane as if an invisible thread was cinching the cytoplasm between poles

96
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What is the invisible thread between poles that separates the cells during cytokinesis?

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Microfilaments of actin and myosin in a contractile ring beneath the plasma membrane

97
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How does actin and myosin form a contractile ring?

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They interact like they do during muscle contraction to produce contraction

98
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What do the microfilaments used to form the contractile ring assemble from?

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Actin monomers that are present in the interphase cytoskeleton

99
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What controls the assembly of microfilaments during cytokinesis?

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Calcium ions released from storage sites in the center of the cell

100
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Why do plant cells divide differently to animal cells?

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Because of the presence of the cell wall

101
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What happens after the spindle breaks down in mitosis?

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Membranous vesicles derived from the golgi apparatus appear at the equatorial plate.

102
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What happens after membranous vesicles appear at the equatorial plate of a plant cell during cytokinesis?

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They are propelled along microtubules by motor protein kinesin and fuse to form new plasma membrane

103
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What happens to the contents of the vesicles used to form a new plasma membrane in plant cells during cytokinesis?

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Contribute vesicle contents to the cell plate

104
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What is the cell plate?

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The beginning of a new cell wall

105
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What is not distributed precisely during mitosis?

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Organelles such as ribosomes, mitochondria and chloroplasts

106
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Why are organelles not precisely distributed?

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Because it doesn’t matter as long as some of each is present

107
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Why is unequal distribution of cytoplasmic components important?

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It can have functional significance for the two new cells

108
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What is the product of meiosis?

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4 daughter cells that cannot undergo further duplications

109
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What type of nuclear division is involved in reproduction?

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Mitosis and meiosis, however, they have different reproductive roles.

110
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What are the off spring produced in asexual reproduction called?

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Clones- if the offspring are genetically identical

111
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What can cause variation among asexually produces offspring?

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Mutations

112
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What is an advantage to asexual reproduction?

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It is rapid and effective

113
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What is an advantage to sexual reproduction?

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It results in genetic diversity

114
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How does meiosis produce some variation?

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Gametes are different to each other and from their parent

115
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What are cells not specialized for reproduction called?

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Somatic cells

116
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What are a set of chromosomes found in somatic cells called?

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Homologous chromosomes

117
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What are the characteristics of chromosomes found in homologous pairs?

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They are similar size and appearance (except some sex chromosomes)

118
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What genetic information do homologs have?

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Similar but not usually identical genetic information

119
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What type of cell are gametes?

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Haploid

120
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What is it called when two haploids fuse? What is the name of this process?

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Zygote

Fertilization

121
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What are the three hall marks of all sexual life cycles?

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  • Two parents, each provides chromosomes in the form of gametes produced by meiosis
  • Each gamete is haploid
  • Two gametes fuse to form a single cell (zygote) (diploid)
122
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What are the three types of sexual life cycle that can be observed after zygote formation?

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Haplontic
Alternation of generations
Diplontic

123
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What organisms are haplontic?

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Most protists, many fungi

124
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What is a haplontic organism?

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One where the zygote is the only diploid cell in the life cycle

125
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What happens to the zygote in a haplontic organism?

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It undergoes meiosis to produce haploid cells (spores)

126
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What do spores of haplontic organisms do?

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Form a new organism (single or multicellular) by mitosis

127
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How do mature, haploid organisms produce gametes?

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By mitosis

128
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What organisms have alternation of generation sexual life cycles?

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Plants, some protists

129
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What does meiosis give rise to in alternation of generations?

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Not gametes

Haploid spores

130
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What happens to the haploid spores formed during alternation of generations?

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Divide by mitosis for form an alternate, haploid life stage called gametophyte

131
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What does the gametophyte produce?

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Gametes, by mitosis

132
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What happens to the gametes produced by haploid gametophytes?

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Fuse to form a zygote

133
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What happens to the zygote produced during alternation of generations?

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It divides by mitosis to become the diploid sporophyte

134
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What organisms are diplontic?

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Animals, some plants

135
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What are the only haploid cells in the life cycle of diplontic organisms?

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The gametes

136
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How are diplontic organisms zygotes produced?

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Meiosis

137
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What is able to be observed during metaphase of mitosis and hence counted and characterized?

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Individual chromosomes

138
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What is made to be able to observe an entire set of chromosomes?

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A photomicrograph

139
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What happens to the photomicrograph?

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Images are arranged to reveal number, shape and sizes of the chromosomes

140
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What do the number, shape and sizes of the chromosomes constitute?

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The karyotype

141
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What can the chromosomes of a karyotype be divided into?

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22 pairs of autosomes

1 pair of sex chromosomes

142
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How many nuclear divisions are there during meiosis?

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2

143
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How many times is the DNA replicated during meiosis?

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once

144
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What are the names of the two mitotic divisions?

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Meiosis 1 and meiosis 2

145
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What is a unique feature of meiosis 1 that separates it from mitosis?

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Homologous chromosomes come together to pair along their entire lengths

146
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What happens during metaphase 1 of meiosis?

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The homologous chromosomes separate

147
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When does crossing over occur?

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Late stage prophase 1- prometaphase

148
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What does crossing over result in?

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exchange of genetic material

149
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How is prophase 1 in meiosis 1 different?

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It is long,

Chromosomes change markedly

150
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How do chromosomes change during prophase 1 in meiosis 1?

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The homologous chromosomes adhere along their length in a process called synapsis

151
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When does the pairing process of synapsis start and end?

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Starts during prophase 1

ends at the end of metaphase 1

152
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Where does the joining of homologous chromosomes begin?

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At the telomeres

153
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How is joining of homologous chromosomes mediated?

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Recognition of homologous DNA sequences on homologous chromosomes

154
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What else helps to mediate joining of homologous chromosomes during meiosis 1?

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A special group of proteins form a scaffold called synaptonemal complex

155
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What is the structure of the synaptonemal complex?

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Runs lengthwise along the homologous chromosomes ti join them together.

156
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What are the four chromatids of each pair of homologous chromosomes called?

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tetrad, or bivalent

157
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How many chromatids are there in prophase 1 of meiosis 1 in humans?

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96

158
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During meiosis 1, when homologous chromosomes seem to repel each other, how are they held together?

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By physical attachments mediated by cohesins

different to cohesins holding sister chromatids

159
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What are regions of homologous chromosomes held together shaped like and called?

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X-shaped

Chiasmata

160
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What does a chiasma reflect?

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An exchange of genetic material between non-sister chromatids- called crossing over

161
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When do chromosomes start exchanging genetic material during meiosis 1?

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Shortly after synapsis begins

not visible until repelling begins

162
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How long does it take for prophase I to occur in the human male testes? What about for the entire meiotic cycle?

A

1 week, 1 month for entire meiotic cycle

163
Q

In meiosis I, what attaches to the same half spindle?

A

The kinetochores of both chromatids, so the entire chromosome moves to the pole

164
Q

How are homolgous chromosomes sorted?

A

The member attached is random, so sorting to each pole is random

165
Q

What do the daughter nuclei at the end of meiosis I contain?

A

One set of chromosomes consisting of two chromatids

166
Q

What happens in some organisms following anaphase I of meiosis I?

A

Telophase I

167
Q

What follows telphase I of meiosis I?

A

Interphase called interkinesis

168
Q

What happens during interkinesis?

A

Chromatin is partially uncoiled,

No replication of genetic material

169
Q

What is the purpose of the second meiotic division?

A

To separate the chromatids

170
Q

What are the three major difference between mitosis and meiosis II?

A
  • DNA replicates before mitosis
  • Chromatids making up chromosome are identical in mitosis
  • Number of chromosomes on equatorial plate is 1/2 for meiosis II then mitosis
171
Q

What is the result of meiosis II?

A

4 haploid nuclei

172
Q

Why are the products of meiosis I genetically diverse?

A
  • Synapsis during prophase I creates recombinant chromatids (crossing over)
  • Independent assortment
173
Q

What is independent assortment?

A

Homologous pairs line up randomly at metaphase I, paternal chromatids and maternal chromatids assort independently of each other

174
Q

What is it called when homologous chromosomes fail to separate during meiosis I, or sister chromatids fail to separate during meiosis II?

A

Nondisjunction

175
Q

How else may a meiotic error occur?

A

when chromosomes fail to remain together

176
Q

What is the result of a meiotic error?

A

Aneuploid cells –> aneuploidy

177
Q

What is aneuploidy?

A

A condition in which one or more chromosomes are either lacking or present in excess

178
Q

What can cause aneuploidy?

A

Lack of cohesins

179
Q

Why does a lack of cohesins cause aneuploidy?

A

Without them, homologs line up randomly at metaphase I, 50% chance both will go to the same pole.

180
Q

What is a zygote with three copies of a particular chromosome called?

A

Trisomic

181
Q

What causes Down syndrome?

A

Trisomy of chromosome 21

182
Q

What are some symptoms of Down syndrome?

A

Impaired intelligence
Characteristic abnormalities of the hands, tongue, eyelids
Increased susceptibility to cardiac abnormalities and leukemia

183
Q

What is a zygote with only one copy of a chromosome called?

A

Monosomic for that chromosome

184
Q

Name another type of abnormal chromosomal event that can occur?

A

Translocation

185
Q

What is translocation?

A

A piece of chromosome breaks off and becomes attached to another chromosome

186
Q

How common are trisomies and monosomies in human zygotes?

A

10-30% of all conceptions

187
Q

What happens to most embryo’s that develop from aneuploidy zygotes?

A

Do not survive to birth, or die before age 1

188
Q

How many pregnancies are spontaneously terminated (miscarried) during the first 2 months, largely due to trisomies/monosomies?

A

1/5th

189
Q

What occurs when organisms have complete extra sets of chromosomes?

A

Polyploidy

190
Q

Why can polyploid cells still under go mitosis?

A

Because chromosomes behave independently of each other

191
Q

Why can’t polyploid cells undergo normal meiosis?

A

Homologous chromosomes cannot synapse to begin division

192
Q

Where is polyploidy common?

A

Modern agriculture:

-modern bread, wheat plants are hexaploids

Biology 2 (14 decks)

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