Mitosis And Meiosis Review Flashcards
Mitosis produces cells that are __________ to the parent cell
Daughters
________ monitors a cells progress from phase to phase during the cell
Cycling
List two reason for cellular (mitosis) division
To repair, and to make new cells
List three things that take place during interphase
Cell growth, DNA replication, prepare for mitosis
If the sides of a cell doubles in length, its volume increases by ___ times, and it’s surface area becomes ____ times as large
8,4
Plant cell division of cytoplasm at the end of mitosis from a __________ and animal cell division forms a ________
Cell plate, furrow
A gene is a segment of DNA that controls the production of _________
Proteins
List the three causes of cancer
Smoking tobacco, radiation exposure, and viral infection
List three things that occur during prophase
Chromatids join at the centromere, nuclear membrane disappears, nucleolus disintegrates
The longest phase of the cell cycle is
Prophase
A chromatin is attached to a spindle fiber by the
Centromere
Animal cells contain _______ plant cells do not
Centriole
The process by which cytoplasm divided to produce identical cells is called
Cytokinesis
Furrowing occurs in what phase of mitosis?
Telophase
Uncontrolled dividing of the cell is called
Cancer