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Bio 101 - Chapter 09 - Cell Division
Chapter 09 - Cell Division
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
07/07/2016

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Term
A cell is considered _____ if two of each type of chromosome are present inside the cell.

Definition
Diploid
Term
The cell cycle is ______. 

Definition
  the set of stages from the time a cell divides until it devides again

Term
What are the cell cycle phases in sequential order?

Definition
Mitosis
G1
S
G2

Term
A cell in telophase would have which of the following characteristics?

Definition
Nuclear envelopes re-form
chromatin is present
nucleoli reappear

Term
A cell in prophase would have which of the following characteristics? 

Definition
Sister chromatids present
condensed chromatin

Term
What are the characteristics of a cell in prometaphase? 

Definition
Sister chromatids present
Spindle fibers attached to kinectochores
Condensed chromosomes

Term
At the end of cell division, the cell ______ is the divider across a plant cell that makrs the location for new cell walls and plasma membranes.

Definition
plate
Term
Sister chromatids form during which phase of the cell cycle?

Definition
S
Term
The phase of mitosis that follows metaphase is:

Definition
anaphase
Term
A multinucleated cell would most likely result from which of the following?

Definition
Lack of cytokinesis

Term
A cell in anaphase would have which of the following characteristiics? 

Definition
Spindle fibers attached to kinetochores
Condensed chromosomes
chromosomes moving to opposite poles of the cell

Term
A cell in metaphase would have which of the following characteristics?

Definition
Sister chromatids are present
Condensed chromosomes
Spindle fibers attached to kintechores
Chromosomes aligned along the cell equator
Term
What is the following activity that a cell performs during G1?

Definition
increasing number of organelles
Accumulation of materials for DNA synthesis
Increasing in size

Term
______ is the mitotic phase during which chromosomes are aligned along the center plane (equator) of the cell.

Definition
Metaphase
Term
The stage of the cell cycle during which growht and DNA synthesis occur and the nucleus is not actively dividing.

Definition
Interphase
Term
In animal cells, cytokinesis is characterized by______.

Definition
a cleavage furrow

Term
Following the G2 stage of interphase, the cell enters into the _____ stage. 

Definition
mitotic
Term
What are the types of cloning?

Definition
therapeudic
reproductive
Term
The repeating sequence of events in eukaryotes that involves cell growth and cell division and includes teh stages G1, S, G2 and mitosis is called the _____ ______.

Definition
cell cycle
Term
Specificially, mitosis means ______
Definition
nuclear division
Term

Before a cell undergoes division, the DNA and associated proteins are located within the threadlike ____ within the cell's nucleus

Definition
chromatin
Term
______ is the mitotic phase during which chromatin condenses and spindle fibers begin to form. 
Definition
Prophase
Term
A cell about to undergo apoptosis would have what at the end of their chromosomes?

Definition
Short telomeres
Term
During the ____ stage of interphase, a eukaryotic cell replicates its DNA.
Definition
s
Term
What are some of the activities performed during G1?
Definition
increasing in size
accumulation of materials for DNA synthesis
Increasing number of organelles

Term
The centromere splits in two during what phase of the cell cycle

Definition
M
Term
_____ cells are cells of the body taht do not undergo meiosis to become sperm or egg. 
Definition
somatic
Term
During which part of interphase does the cell first perform its normal functions?
Definition
G1
Term
_____ is the mitotic phase during which sister chromatids move towards the poles of the spindle
Definition
Anaphase
Term
What are the characterisitics of cancer cells?

Definition
Cancer cells lack differentiation
Cancer cells have abnormal nuclei
Cancer cells do not undergo apoptosis
Cancer cells can undergo metastasis
Cancer cells have no contact inhibition

Term
______ is the mitotic phase during which chromosomes are aligned along the center plane (equator) or the cell.
Definition
metaphase
Term
DNA replication occurs during the ____ stage of interphase
Definition
S
Term
A ______ is the attachment point of two sister chromatids
Definition
centromere
Term
Mitosis follows the G2 stage of _____ in the cell cycle
Definition
interphase
Term
Proto-oncogenes code for proteins that ____. 

Definition
promote the cell cycle and prevent apoptosis
Term
Spindle fibers are attached to a disk-shaped structure within the centromere of a chromosome during mitosis and meiosis at a preotein complex knowna s the ______
Definition
kinetochore
Term
This type of  cloning seeks to produce an individual identical, genetically, to the parent organism.
Definition
Reproductive
Term
During metaphase, spindle fibers function to align _____ on the metaphase plate.

Definition
chromosomes
Term
The ______ is the main microtubule organizing center of the cel. 
Definition
centrosome
Term
During interphase of the cell cycle, there are cell cycle _____ during the G1, and G2 stages at which a cell may stop dividing. 
Definition
checkpoints
Term
Cell division in unicellular organisms results in ____ daughter cells that are genetically identical to the parent cell.
Definition
2
Term
Which best describes prokaryotes?
Definition
Unicellular bacteria and archaea
Term
Chromosomes are composed of _____.
Definition
DNA and proteins
Term
Prokaryotes primarily reproduce _____.
Definition
by binary fission
Term

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If a cell with 46 chromosomes undergoes mitosis, the daughter cells will have _____ chromosomes.
Definition
46
Term
The _____ most likely provide(s) the material for spindle formation.
Definition
cytoskeleton
Term
Which of the following is NOT associated with prophase?
Definition
Separation of the sister chromatids
Term

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Alignment of the duplicated chromosomes at the 'equator' of the cell is characteristic of _____.
Definition
metaphase
Term
What statement correctly describes cytokinesis in plant cells?
Definition
The Golgi apparatus produces vesicles that migrate along microtubules and fuse to become a cell plate, which then releases new cell wall materials.
Term
DNA replicates during the________ stage of interphase.
Definition
S
Term

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New methods of cancer treatment prevent _____, which cuts off the supply of nutrients and oxygen to the tumor.
Definition
angiogenesis
Term
Which represents the correct sequence of stages in the cell cycle?
Definition
G1, S, G2, M
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