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Mitosis and Meiosis Flashcards

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A diploid organism with 12 chromosomes in its gametes will have ___ chromosomes in its somatic cells.

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24

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If a triploid human could survive, each of its somatic cells would have ___ chromosomes.

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69

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What are the three sub-phases of interphase?

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G1, S, and G2

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Cell grows during all three sub-phases of interphases, but chromosomes are duplicated only during what phase?

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S phase

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What happens in checkpoints in the cell cycle control system?

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Cell cycle pauses until go-ahead signal received

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What are the three checkpoints?

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G1, G2, and M checkpoints

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What does MPF stand for?

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Maturation promoting factor

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What are Cyclin-Dependent Kinases (CDK)?

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Regulatory proteins involved in cell cycle control

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What are Cyclin-Dependent Kinases (CDK)?

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Regulatory proteins involved in cell cycle control

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When does the CDK activity fluctuates?

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During the cell cycle based on concentrations of its partner, cyclin

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What is the function of MPF?

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It triggers a cell’s passage past the G2 checkpoint into M phase

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Why is G1 checkpoint very important for cells?

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When cells receive “go-ahead” at g1, it usually completes G2, and M phases and divides.

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When cell does not receive go-ahead, where does it enter?

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It enters non-dividing state called G0 phase

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What happens when all chromosomes are not properly attached to spindle microtubules at kinetochores?

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Cells won’t enter anaphase

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What is the purpose of M checkpoint?

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Signals delays anaphase until all chromosomes are attached – ensures daughter cells receive correct number of chromosomes

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What happens when things go wrong in the cell cycle clock?

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Cancer

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What happens when cancer cells are not eliminated by the immune system?

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They form tumors

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What is the difference between benign tumor and malignant tumor?

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Benign tumors if abnormal cells remain only at the original site and malignant tumors invade surrounding tissues and can metastasize.

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What does metastasize mean?

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(of a cancer) spread to other parts of the body by metastasis.

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What is the function of meosis?

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Reduces number of chromosome sets

20
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What accounts for variation and resemblance in families?

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Heredity

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What is the units of heredity?

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Genes

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How are genes passed to the next generation?

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Via gametes

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What is the difference between asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction?

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Asexual reproduction is when a single individual passes genes to offspring without gamete fusion, and sexual reproduction is when two parents give rise to offspring having unique combination of genes inherited from both.

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True or False: One chromosome in one of your somatic cells contains information from both of your parents.

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False.

25
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What animal is the combination of male donkey and female horse? Why can’t it have offspring?

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Mule, because donkeys have 62 chromosomes and horses have 64; therefore the offspring - mule - have 63 chromosomes which cannot divide evenly

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What does crossing over produces?

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Recombinant chromosomes which are combined DNA from each parent

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What is one source of genetic variations which is the number of possible combinations possible when chromosomes assort independently into gametes?

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Independent assortments of chromosomes

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How many different combinations of maternal and paternal chromosomes can be packaged in gametes in humans where haploid n= 23?

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2^23 which is more than 8 million

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What is one source of genetic variation where any sperm can fuse with any ovum (unfertilized egg)?

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Random fertilization

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