Lecture 9 Flashcards
What is cell division?
When a single parental cell goes and becomes two daughter cells
What is mitotic cell division?
Asexual reproduction for unicellular eukaryotes
What is meiotic cell division?
Sexual reproduction with the offspring are the same as the parents genetic material
Why is cell division important?
It’s important for growth, cell replacement, healing, and reproduction
What are the two requirements for cell division?
First, the two daughter cells must receive full amount of genetic material from parents
Second parents must be big enough to divide and give cytoplasmic components to daughters
What’s the first step in binary fission ?
Circular bacterial DNA is attached to the inner membrane
What is the second step in binary fission?
DNA molecules proceeded bidirectionally around the circle
What is the third step in binary fission
Two identical DNA molecules in the cell form
What is the fourth step in binary fission?
The two cells will get bigger and elongate, resulting in them separating at the DNA attachment site
What is the fifth step in binary fission
Deformation of membrane and wall materials at the midpoint
What is the sixth step in binary fission
The selfie splits resulting in two daughter cells
Description of eukaryotes
They have large and linear genomes and DNA is in the nucleus
Description of prokaryotes
Small and circular genomes and DNA is in the cytoplasm
What happens in the M phase of the cell cycle?
Parent cells divided into two cells
What happens in the interphase of the cell cycle?
It’s the time between 2M phases and cells make many preparations
How is DNA organized in a structure
DNA is organized with his histones/protein into chromatin