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Molecular Biology & Genetics 2 - Meiosis & Mitosis Flashcards

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What is included in acellular RNA?

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Viruses

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2
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How does acellular RNA store genetic information?

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Double stranded or single stranded DNA or RNA

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What is prokaryotic?

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Bacteria

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How do prokaryotic organisms store genetic information?

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Circular, single copy, naked double stranded DNA

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5
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What is included in eukaryotic organisms?

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Protists, fungi, plants and animals

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How is genetic information stored in eukaryotic organisms?

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Linear, at least a single copy, his tone-bound DNA; sexual cycle

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What is a karyotype?

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An ordered, visual representation of the chromosomes in a cell

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How are chromosomes ordered in a karyotype?

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Homologous chromosomes are paired together, ordered in decreasing size and in groups

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9
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What are autosomes?

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Chromosomes which don’t determine gender while x and y do. Y chromosome means male

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10
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What is a locus?

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A place on a chromosome where a particular gene is found

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What is an allele?

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Alternative forms of genes

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What is meant by a homozygote?

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Having the same alleles at a particular locus

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13
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What is meant by a heterozygote?

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Having different alleles at a particular locus

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14
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What is the cell cycle needed for?

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Development from a fertiliser cell, growth to adult and repair

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What is G1?

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Growth 1

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16
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What is S?

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Synthesis (when replication of DNA occurs)

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17
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What is G2?

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Growth 2

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18
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What is included in interphase?

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Growth 1, synthesis and growth 2

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19
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What is included in the mitotic phase?

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Mitosis and cytokinesis

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20
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What are duplicated chromosomes?

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Two sister chromatids which later separate during mitosis

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21
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What is the centromere?

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Pinched part in the middle of duplicated chromosomes

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22
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What is the chromosome arms?

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Parts of the chromosomes which are found either side of the centromere

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23
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How are duplicated chromosomes formed?

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Single chromosomes turn into a pair during duplication. Sister chromatids have identical information most of the time

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24
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What happens during mitosis?

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Two genetically identical daughter cells are produced

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25
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How many phases are in mitosis?

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5

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26
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What is the first phase of mitosis?

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Prophase

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27
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What happens during prophase?

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Chromosomes condense and become visible. The mitotic spindle also forms

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What is the second phase of mitosis?

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Prometaphase

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What happens during prometaphase?

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The nuclear envelope dissolved and the mitotic spindle attaches to the sister chromatids at the centromere

30
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What is the kinetichore?

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Attachment between the chromosome and microtubules

31
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What are kinetichore microtubules?

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Microtubules which attach to the chromosomes

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What are non-kinetichore microtubules?

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Microtubules which don’t attach to the chromosomes

33
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What is the third phase of mitosis?

34
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What happens during metaphase?

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All the chromosomes line up at the centre of the cell in a plane (metaphase plate). Centrosomes have moved to opposite ends (poles) of the cell

35
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What are centrosomes?

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Where mitotic spindles spread from

36
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What happens during anaphase?

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Kinetichore microtubules get shorter and tear apart the pairs of sister chromosomes to form daughter chromosomes. This means each side of the cell will have the same information. Non- kinetichore microtubules become longer to help push the two poles apart

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What is the fifth phase of mitosis?

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Telophase and cytokinesis

38
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What happens during telophase and cytokinesis?

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Each new cell has a single copy of each chromosome. Nuclear envelope forms in each cell and in cytokinesis the cytoplasm of the two cells is separated

39
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How do single felled organisms usually reproduce?

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Binary Fission

40
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How do multicellular plants and animals reproduce?

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Vegetative means

41
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What are some single celled organisms?

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Amoeba, paramecium, yeasts, algae

42
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What are some multi-cellular plants and animals?

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Runners, bulbs, tubers, rhizomes, hydra, anemone, sponge and starfish

43
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What is the sexual cycle found in?

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Most eukaryotes

44
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What is the process of the sexual cycle?

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Meiosis»>Haploid gametes (sperm-n and egg-n (n=23))»>fertilisation»>diploid zygote (2n=46)

45
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What would happen if garnered were produced by mitosis?

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They would be 2n and resulting embryos would be 4n. A cell division process which halves the number of chromosomes going into gametes (n), so that the diploid number (2n) is retained in the zygote

46
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What occurs during interphase of meiosis?

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Chromosomes duplicate

47
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What happens during Meiosis l?

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Homologous chromosomes separate

48
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What happens during Meiosis lol?

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Sister chromatids separate

49
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What happens at prophase l?

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Spindle apparatus (microtubules) forms joining the centrosomes together, the nuclear envelope dissolved, homologous chromosomes align and synapse and crossing over also occurs

50
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What happens during crossing over?

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It occurs at the chiasmata of non-sister chromatids and results in the chromatids being a mix of pieces from each homologous chromosome

51
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What is the chiasmata?

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Where non-sister chromatids touch during crossing over

52
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What happens during Metaphase l?

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Paired homologous chromosomes which are still connected at the chiasmata move to the metaphase plate and the chiasmata line up there

53
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What happens during anaphase l?

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Recombined homologous chromosomes separate (disjoin)- it is random as to which direction the maternal and paternal chromosomes go

54
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What is the difference between anaphase in meiosis l compared to mitosis?

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Sister chromatids remain attached in meiosis l which is different to mitosis where they separate

55
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What happens in telophase l and cytokinesis?

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Haploid cells with duplicated chromosomes (the pairs of sister chromatids) form

56
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Why are cells formed in meiosis called haploid?

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Because they only have half they genetic information

57
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What happens during Meiosis ll?

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Sister chromatids are separated in the same process as meiosis l except crossing over doesn’t occur

58
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What is the result of meiosis?

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4 daughter cells which each contain half the genetic information of the original cells

59
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What is unique to mitosis?

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Chromosomes align independently, no chiasmata so no crossing over, centromeres on metaphase plate, chromatids disjoin, 2n to 2n

60
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What is unique to Meiosis l?

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Homologous chromosomes synapse, chiasmata are present and they align on the metaphase plate, chromosomes disjoin, 2n to n

61
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How does sexual reproduction cause genetic diversity?

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Independent assortment of chromosomes, crossing over and random fertilisation of gametes

62
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What does genetic diversity allow selective responses to?

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Spatially variable environments, changing environments and sibling-sibling competition

63
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What is segregation and independent assortment?

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Homologous pairs of chromosomes line up independently of each other. Therefore when segregation occurs there is many possible combinations of chromosomes in the daughter cells

64
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What is the number of possible gametes?

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2 ^n where n is the haploid number. This is without crossing over

65
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What does crossing over result in?

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Four different gametes which are all genetically different from each other therefore creating genetic diversity

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