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Mitosis and meiosis Flashcards

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What are homologous chromosomes?

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A set of one maternal and one paternal chromosome

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What are the 3 main stages of the cell cycle?

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Interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis

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What are the 4 stages of mitosis?

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PMAT

Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase

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What happens during interphase?

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DNA/organelle replication, protein synthesis, chromosomes aren’t visible

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Why does DNA replication need to happen before mitosis?

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There needs to be 2 sets of information for both daughter cells that will be produced

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Why is mitosis important?

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  • Tissue growth/repair
  • Production of genetically identical daughter cells
  • Growth of zygotes
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What happens during prophase?

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Chromosomes condense (visible), nuclear membrane breaks down, centrioles move to poles, spindle fibres form

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What happens during metaphase?

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Spindle fibres attach to centromeres and move sister chromatids to the equator

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What happens during anaphase?

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Spindle fibres contract, centromeres divide (forms 2 separate sister chromatids), sister chromatids pulled apart to opposite poles, identical chromosomes at each pole

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What happens during telophase?

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Sister chromatids have reached poles, spindle fibres break down, new nuclear membrane forms around each group of chromosomes, chromosomes uncondense

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What is a tumour?

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Large mass of cells produced by uncontrollable cell division

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How does chemotherapy treat cancer?

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Interferes with interphase - prevents synthesis of enzymes needed for DNA replication

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How do prokaryotes replicate?

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Binary fission

  1. DNA/plasmids replicate
  2. Cell gets bigger
  3. DNA/plasmids move to opposite poles
  4. Cytoplasm divides
  5. New cell wall forms

Daughter cells have 1 copy of circular DNA and variable copies of plasmid DNA

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How do viruses replicate?

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  1. Host cell specific to attachment proteins
  2. DNA/RNA injected into host cell
  3. Host cell uses own ribosomes/enzymes to replicate viruses
  4. Viruses released from host cell
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What is chromosome non-disjunction?

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Homologous chromosomes/sister chromatids aren’t separated during meiosis

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What is the result of chromosome non-disjunction?

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One gamete will have an extra chromosome, one gamete will have one less chromosome

17
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Haploid and diploid definition

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Haploid (n) = contains 1 copy of each chromosome

Diploid (2n) = contains 2 copies of each chromosome

18
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What happens during meiosis I?

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Centromere DOESNT split, homologous pairs are separated

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What happens during meiosis II?

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Centromere splits, sister chromatids separated

20
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Crossing over definition

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Pieces of DNA are exchanged between a bivalent to form a chasma chiasmata

21
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What is the result of crossing over?

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2 daughter cells will have recombiant chromosomes, 2 daughter cells will have non-recombiant chromosomes

22
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What happens during independent segregation?

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2 possibilities, 1 is random

23
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What process is n –> n or 2n –> 2n?

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Mitosis

24
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What process is 2n –> n?

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Meiosis

25
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What process is n –> 2n?

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Fertilisation

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What are the 5 differences between mitosis and meiosis?

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Mitosis
*Results in diploid daughter cells
*Homologous chromosomes don’t pair
*No crossing over of chromosomes
*1 division, 2 daughter cells produced
*Genetically identical cells produced

Meiosis
*Results in haploid daughter cells
*Homologous chromosomes associate in pairs
*Crossing over of homologous chromosomes
*2 divisions, 4 daughter cells produced
*Genetically different daughter cells produced

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Are interphase, DNA replication, end of meiosis I and end of meiosis II haploid or diploid?

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Interphase: diploid
DNA replication: diploid
End of meiosis I: haploid
End of meiosis II: haploid

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