Cell Division
What is a gene?
What is a particular segment of DNA that codes for a trait.
These are the 3 stages of the cell cycle, in order.
What is interphase, mitosis and cytokinesis.
These are the four phases of mitosis, in order.
What is prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
They lack nuclei, so prokaryotes do not undergo _____.
What is mitosis.
In eukaryotes, this is where DNA is found.
What is in the nucleus.
A cell spends most of it's time in this stage.
What is interphase.
The chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell during this phase.
What is metaphase.
When did scientists complete the Human Genome Project?
What is 2003.
One characteristic of all living things is that they all contain ______.
What is DNA (genetic material).
During mitosis, the DNA is packed tightly into a structure called a ____.
What is a chromosome.
This happens during G2 phase in interphase.
What is the cell grows and replicates organelles.
The chromatids separate during this phase.
What is anaphase.
What are the 3 components of a nucleotide?
What is a deoxyribose sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base.
Cell division in multicellular organisms produces cells for ______, like if you get a paper cut.
What is repair.
What is the definition of a genome?
What is all of the genetic material in an organism.
At the end of mitosis, there are two of these.
What are nuclei.
The membrane around the nucleus breaks down during this phase.
What is phrophase.
Chromatids are held together by a?
What is a centromere.
What is the name of the method that bacteria uses to reproduce (be specific)?
Binary Fission
A duplicated chromosome consists of 2 identical structures called?
What are chromatids.
Cytokinesis is the division of this to form two complete cells.
What is cytoplasm.
What are the structures that pull apart chromosomes during mitosis?
What are spindle fibers.
What are 3 things that you need in order to make a transgenic organism?
What is human DNA, a plasmid (bacterial DNA), and restriction enzymes.