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is the orderly sequence of events that extend from the time a cell is first formed from a dividing parent cell to its own division into two cells |
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The cell cycle consists of two distinct phases: |
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Interphase The mitotic phase |
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Most of a cell cycle is spent in _________ |
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During interphase, a cell: |
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Performs its normal functions Doubles everything in its cytoplasm Grows in size |
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the most important event of interphase is |
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chromosomes duplication, when the DNA in the nuclaus is precisely doubled |
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chromosomes duplication, when the DNA in the nuclaus is precisely doubled, this occurs in the middle of interphase called: |
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S phase from DNA synthsis |
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the interphase periods before and after the S phase are called |
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during __________each chromosome in the cell consists of two identical sister chromatids,and the cell is preparing to divide |
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part of the cell cycle when the cell is actually dividing |
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mitotic (M) phasethe includes two overlapping processes: |
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Mitosis, in which the nucleus and its contents divide evenly into two daughter nuclei Cytokinesis, in which the cytoplasm is divided in two |
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in which the cytoplasm is divided in two |
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in which the nucleus and its contents divide evenly into two daughter nuclei |
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Cytokinesis usually begins before _______ is completed |
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the combination of ________and ___________produces two genetically identical daughter cells, each with single nucleus, the sorroundings cytoplasm with organelles, and a plasma membrane |
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Mitosis consists of four distinct phases: |
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(A) Prophase (B) Metaphase (C) Anaphase (D) Telophase |
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During mitosis the mitotic spindle,___________ , guides the separation of two sets of daughter chromosomes |
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a football-shaped structure of microtubules |
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Spindle microtubules grow from___________ , clouds of cytoplasmic material that in animal cells contain centrioles |
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cytokinesis, the division of the cytoplasm into two genetically identical daughter cells, typically occurs during ________ |
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in animal cells the process is known as the first sign of a cleavage is the appearance of a ________ |
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an indentation at the equator of the cell. |
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a ring of microfilaments in the ___________ just under the plasma membrane contracts, like the pulling of a drawstring, deeping the furrow and pinching the parent cell in two |
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cytokinesis in plant cell occurs differently. membranous vesicles containing cell wall material collect at the _________ of the cell. |
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the vesicles gradually fuse, forming a membranouse disk called the ___________-- |
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outward, accumulatng more cell wall material as more vesicles joint in. |
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eventually , the membrane of the cell plate fuses with the plasma membrane and the cell plate's contents join the parental cell wall. the results is the ___________. |
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