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| Loosely packed, long and thin, DNA and packaging protein. Cell can get to information |
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| One cell dividing into 2 cells from parent cell to daughter cells. Origin of Somatic cells |
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| Any cell that isnt a gamete (reproductive cell, egg or sperm) |
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| When a cell is undergoing mitosis, what happens to the DNA? |
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| It starts off as Chromatin, and gets packaged up into chromasomes. After the cell has split back into 2 it "unpackages" and becomes chromatin again |
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| The longer part of a cell's life cycle, where it grows and matures. It's waiting for chemical cues to undergo mitosis. G1 S and G2 stages make up interphase |
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| What happens in each phase of interphase |
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G1 - growth 1 - maturing, adding cytoplasm, organellse.
S - synthesizing DNA copy, getting ready for mitosis
G2 - 2nd growth - build proteins, store up energy, prepare for cell division. Will lose access to "road maps" to proteins temporarily. |
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