Vocab
A diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes
Zygote
The shape of DNA
Double Helix
DNA can code for genes or produce what method of cell communication
Proteins
A type of cell that does not proceed through the Interphase
Specialized Cells, Muscle, Nerve, Liver
Chromatids or chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cell and two nuclei are formed.
Telephase
The name of a pair of chromosomes from two parents that meet during meiosis 1
Homologous Pair
What does DNA stand for (correct pronunciation)
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Difference between RNA and DNA bases
Uracil
The method of Cell Cycle Regulation
Checkpoints
Chromosomes move away from one another to opposite poles of the spindle.
Anaphase
A mature haploid male or female germ cell which is able to unite with another
Gamete
Three scientists who “discovered” DNA
Watson, Crick, Franklin
Process where RNA is made from DNA
Transcription
Three phases of the cell cycle
G1, S, G2
Carrying genetic information, align in the equator of the cell before being separated into each of the two daughter cells.
Metaphase
A cell or organism that has only a single set of chromosomes
Haploid
The three parts of DNA
Phosphate, Sugar, Base
Process where Proteins are made from RNA
Translation
Increased Cell Division, Decreased Apoptosis (Cell Death) leads to what?
A tumor or cancer
Chromosomes become visible as paired chromatids and the nuclear envelope disappears.
Prophase
A cell or organism that has paired chromosomes, one from each parent.
Diploid
What DNA is made up of
Nucleotides
Proteins are made of chains of what?
Amino acids
The name of the phase a cell will stay in, instead of growing and synthesizing DNA
G zero
Separates the duplicated genetic material carried in the nucleus of a parent cell into two identical daughter cells.
Prometaphase