Does it phase you?
Cell doubles in size.
What is Interphase?
location in cell where genetic material is contained
What is nucleus?
This is composed of thin, uncoiled, strands of DNA.
What is chromatin?
This is the phase where the two daughter cells have split apart.
What is cytokinesis?
this is the order of the process known as mitosis.
What is Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase?
Spindle fibers develop here.
What is Prophase?
If a cell has 8 chromosomes in prophase, how many chromatids does the cell have at this point?
What is 16?
When the DNA coils into an X-shaped structure.
What is a chromosome?
This type of cell has a cell wall.
What is a plant cell?
Defects in the genes that regulate mitosis are known as
what are mutations?
The DNA replicates at this phase.
What is Interphase?
The sides of the DNA strand are made of what?
1/2 of a chromosome is called a _________
What are chromatids?
List One drawback to asexual reproduction
exact copy
many more
Describe how DNA replicates...
1. DNA unwinds 2. Nitrogenous bases floating around (T, A, G, C) pair up with the proper exposed base pair
The chromatids unwind into long DNA strands.
What is Telophase?
Centrioles and spindle fibers disappear at this stage.
What is Telophase?
Chromatids are held together by this.
What is a centromere?
Give one benefit of Meiosis
Genetic diversity and many more
Each chromosome pair divides and heads to opposite ends of the cell.
What is Anaphase?
Individual genetic "recipes" for specific characteristics are called ________
What are genes?
chromosomes line up in the middle during this phase?
What is Metaphase
Two part question: 1. What is the name for the cell division process? 2. Is it the same name for plant and animal cells?
1. What is the cell cycle? 2. YES?