Mitosis Flashcards
1
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What is Mitosis?
A
Process which multicellular organism maintain, grow, reproduce and repair itself, nuclear division
2
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What is cleaving of cell?
A
Cytokinesis, meaning division of cytoplasm through cell division, splitting of daughter cells
3
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Where are the sites of mitosis in plants?
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Meristems/meristematic tissue:
- Apical meristems: primary, grows on tips of stem and roots
- Buds: secondary, branches & leaves
- Cambium: Secondary growth, woody tissue, bark
- Pericycle: Secondary, underground, plant roots
4
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Sites of mitosis in mammals:
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- Basal layer of the skin: base of epidermis, hair, nails, feathers, scales
- Bone marrow: red blood cells
- cells in digestive tract
- liver cells
- bone cells: grow
5
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2 types development in insects:
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Complete Metamorphis & incomplete metamorphis
6
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Characteristics of complete metamorphosis:
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- total transformation
- has a ‘pause’ stage (cocoon)
- caterpillar –> butterfly
- most larval tissue are destroyed,
- reconstructed by embryonic tissue differentiate
7
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Characteristics of incomplete metamorphosis:
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- gradual transformation
- shredding/ moulting
- many stages
- baby grasshopper –> adult grasshopper
- less cell death
- simply increase in cells, enlarge to corresponding tissue
8
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What is apoptosis?
A
programmed cell death, skin between fingers
9
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What organelles contains DNA:
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- nucleus: long stranded DNA
- mitochondria: circular DNA (attaches to itself)
- chloroplasts: also circular DNA
