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Mitosis & meiosis Flashcards

1
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What are the 3 main stages of the cell cycle?

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Growth/interphase, mitosis and cytokinesis (cytoplasmic division)

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What phases are there within the interphase?

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G1 (growth 1)
S (synthesis)
G2 (growth 2)

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What happens in G1 phase?

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Cellular contents (excluding chromosomes) are duplicated

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4
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What happens in S phase?

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Each of the 46 chromosomes are duplicated by the cell

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5
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What happens in G2 phase?

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The cell double checks the duplicated chromosomes for errors, and repairs any errors.

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6
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What are the stages in mitosis?

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PPMAT

Prophase
Prometaphase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
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7
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What happens in prophase of mitosis?

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Chromatin condenses into chromosomes
There are now chromosomes each made up of 2 sister chromatids

Centrosomes nucleate microtubules and move to opposite poles of the nucleus

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8
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What happens in prometaphase?

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Nuclear envelope breaks down

Microtubules invade nuclear space

Chromatids attach to microtubules

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9
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What happens in metaphase?

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Chromosomes line up at the equator of the cell

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What happens in anaphase?

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Sister chromatids are separated and pushed to opposite poles of the cell

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What happens in Telophase?

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Nuclear membranes reform

Chromosomes unfold into chromatin

Cytokinesis begins

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12
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How would you recognise cells in prophase?

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Cells have dark condensed chromosomes

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How would you recognise cells in metaphase?

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Dark chromosomes line up along middle

Thick stripe in middle of cell

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14
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How would you recognise cells in anaphase?

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Chromosomes lined up in 2 lines at opposite poles of the cell

Two dark stripes either side of cell

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15
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How would you recognise cells in Telophase?

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Look to be about to divide

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16
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What is mitosis?

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Cell division that results in 2 daughter diploid cells each having the same number of chromosome (46) and genetically identical

17
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What is meiosis?

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Cell division that results in 4 haploid cells being produced from 1 diploid one.

Happens in two sections:
Meiosis 1 & Meiosis 2

18
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Name the stages of meiosis in order?

A 
MEIOSIS 1
Prophase 1
Metaphase 1
Anaphase 1
Telophase 1
MEIOSIS 2
Prophase 2
Metaphase 2
Anaphase 2
Telophase 2
19
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Which cells does meiosis occur in?

20
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What happens in prophase 1 of meiosis?

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Chromosomes pair and ‘crossing over’ occurs - recombinant chromosomes are formed

21
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What happens in prometaphase 1 of meiosis?

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Spindle apparatus is formed and attaches to spindle fibres by kinetochores

22
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What happens in metaphase 1 of meiosis?

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Homologous pairs of chromosomes are arranged as a double row along the equator

Arrangement along equator is random

23
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What happens in anaphase 1 of meiosis?

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Homologous chromosomes are separated and move to opposite poles

So there are entire chromosomes at each pole

24
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What happens at Telophase 1?

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Nuclear membrane reforms and cytokinesis begins to occur

25
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Meiosis ? separates pairs of homologous chromosomes?

26
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Meiosis ? separates each chromosome into two chromatids?

27
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What happens in prophase II of meiosis?

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Chromosomes condense and nuclear membrane dissolves

Spindle fibres form

28
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What happens in metaphase II of meiosis?

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Chromosomes line up along centre and spindle fibres attach to centromere

29
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What happens in anaphase II of meiosis?

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Centromeres divide and sister chromatids move to opposite poles

30
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What happens in Telophase II of meiosis?

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Chromosomes get to opposite ends of pole and nuclear membrane reforms

31
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Is meiosis I or meiosis II the same as mitosis?

A

Meiosis II

32
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Briefly describe sperm production (spermatogenesis).

A

Primordial germ cells > lots of mitoses > Spermatogonia

Meiotic divisions begin at puberty

Cytoplasm divides evenly

After meiosis II there are 4 equal gametes

Takes 60-65 days

Millions of mature sperms continuously produced

33
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How many sperms per ejaculate?

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100-200 million

34
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Briefly describe egg production (oogenesis).

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Primordial germ cell > 30 mitoses > oogonia

Oogonia enter prophase of meiosis I by 8th month of development (pre-birth)

Process suspended until puberty

Cells enter ovulation

Cytoplasm divides unequally

Meiosis II is only completed if fertilisation occurs

35
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What does Mendel’s 2nd law state?

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In the inheritance of more than one pair of traits in a cross simultaneously, the factor responsible for each pair of traits are distributed to the gametes.

36
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What is non-disjunction?

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Failure of chromosomes to separate in meiosis I

OR failure of sister chromatids to separate in meiosis II

37
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When does crossing over occur in meiosis?

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Prophase I

38
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What’s the difference between numerical and structural chromosomal abnormalities?

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Numerical: Down’s syndrome for example - failure at anaphase chromosomes are not split, 3 copies of chromosome 21 end up in one gamete

Structural: Deletion, duplication or translocation of bases/genes

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