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mitosis/meiosis
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
01/24/2008

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aptosis
Definition
cells kill themselves
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altruism
Definition
survival of population/species (want to try to save the youngest in a generation in order for them to spread their DNA)
Term
multicellular organisms depend on cell division for:
Definition

1. development from a fertilized cell

2. growth

3. repair

Term
mitosis results in genetically ______ daughter cells
Definition
identical
Term
genome
Definition
a cell's endowment of DNA
Term
DNA molecules are packaged into ____
Definition
chromosomes
Term
______ cells have 2 sets of chromosomes
Definition
somatic (nonreproductive)
Term
__________ have half as many chromosomes as somatic cells
Definition
gametes
Term
chromatin
Definition

a complex of DNA and protein that condences during cell division

Term

S phase

Definition
when DNA replication & condensing of chromosomes occur
Term
centromere
Definition
the narrow "waist" of the duplicated chromosome, where the 2 chromatids are most closely attached
Term
Eukaryotic cell division consists of
Definition

1. mitosis

2. cytokinesis

Term
Gametes are produced by a variation of cell division called ________
Definition
meiosis
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meiosis yelids ______ daughter cells that have only ___ set of chromosomes, ___ as many as the parent cell
Definition

unidentical

one

half

Term

________ ___________ is an aparatus of microtubules that controls the chromosome movement during mitosis

Definition

mitotic spindle

Term
centrosome
Definition

the microtubule organizing center

-where sindle microtubles begin

Term
in ____, sister chrommtids seperate and move along the kinetichore microtubules tord opposite ends of the cell
Definition
anaphase
Term
In animal cells, cytokinesis occurs by forming a _______ __________. Plants form a ____ ______
Definition

cleavage furrow

cell plate

Term
Prokaryotes reproduce by a type of cell division called _______ ______
Definition
binary fission
Term
bacterial replication will have 2 ______ copies at the end
Definition
identical
Term
the cell cycle appears to be driven by specific _____ ________ present in the ______
Definition

chemical signals

cytoplasm

Term

genetics

Definition
the scientific study of heredity and variation
Term
heterozygous advantage
Definition
u get 2 copies (diploid)
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