Mitosis Flashcards
What is the order of the stages of Mitosis?
prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis
What is a multipotent stem cell?
Progenitor cells that can differentiate into numerous cell types but within a similar “family” or lineage.
What is a pluripotent stem cell?
Cells that can undergo self-renewal and give rise to all cell types found in the body.
What is an induced pluripotent stem cell?
Stem cells that are derived from skin or blood cells that have been reprogrammed back into an embryonic-like pluripotent state that enables the development of an unlimited source of any type of human cell needed for therapeutic purposes.
Parent cells are ______ to daughter cells.
Identical
All cells have the _____ code yet ______ functions.
same, different
What are homologous chromosomes?
Chromosomes that are made up of chromosome pairs of approximately the same length, centromere position, and staining pattern.
What are sister chromatids?
The identical copies (chromatids) formed by the DNA replication of a chromosome, with both copies joined together by a common centromere.
What is a centromere?
A constricted region of the chromosome and separates the short arm and the long arm of the chromosome.
What controls how much a cell is produced?
Transcription factors
