Reproduction At Cellular Level Flashcards
What is a genome?
Complement of DNA
What is nucleoid?
Genetic material
What is diploid?
Cells that contain two sets of chromosomes
Diploid chromosomes are?
Homologous chromosomes
What happens in interphase?
Cell is preparing for division
What happens in prophase?
Cell start to break apart in small variables
What happens in metaphase?
Chromosomes are aligned
What happens in anaphase?
Cell starts to split apart
What happens in telophase?
Chromosomes are at the opposite poles
What is oncogenes?
It is a gene that causes a cell to become cancerous
Prokaryotic cell division is called?
Binary Fission
________ are changes to the nucleotides in a segment of DNA that codes for a protein.
Gene mutations
Which eukaryotic cell-cycle event is missing in binary fission?
mitosis
A diploid cell has ________ the number of chromosomes as a haploid cell.
twice
What is necessary for a cell to pass the G2 checkpoint?
accurate and complete DNA replication