Mitosis
Cell Cycle
Meiosis
Picture Time
Anything Goes
100

The first portion of the mitotic phase.

What is Karyokinsesis?

100

This checkpoint determines whether all conditions are favorable for cell division to proceed.

What is the G1 Checkpoint?

100

Sexual reproduction requires the union of two specialized cells called _____.

What are gametes?

100

In which of these phases of mitosis does the nuclear envelope break down?

What is the prophase?

100

Spindle microtublules that do not engage the chromosomes are called ____. 

What are Polar Microtubules?
200

The physical separation of the cytoplasmic components in two daughter cells.

What is cytokinsesis? 

200

Also known as the spindle checkpoint because it determines whether all the sister chromatids are correctly attached to the spindle microtubules.

What is the M Checkpoint?

200

The tight pairing of the homologous chromosomes.

What is synapsis?

200

what phase of the cell cycle does this image reprsent? 

What is the M Phase?

200
A lack of _____ can result in dwarfism, whereas too much can result in gigantism. 

HGH (Human Growth Hormone)

300

The "upward phase" of mitosis.

What is the anaphase?

300

The two groups of proteins termed as positive regulators.

Cyclins and Cyclin-dependent kinases.

300

Large protein assemblies located at intervals along the synaptonemal complex.

What are recombination nodules? 

300

what part of the cell cycle does the far right section of the diagram represent?

What is the S Phase

300

Males are said to be _____ because they only have one allele for any X-Linked characteristic?

hemizygous

400

Each sister chromatid develops a protein structure called a _____ in its centromeric region.

What is a Kinetochore?

400

Rb and other proteins that negatively regulate the cell cycle are sometimes called ____.

What are tumor supressors?

400

In meiosis II, two sister chromatids will separate and create four _____. 

Haploid daughter cells.

400

During metaphase I the homologous chromosomes are arranged at the ______. 

What is the metaphase plate?

400

Haploid cell that can produce a haploid multicellular organism or can fuse with another spore to form a diploid cell.

What is a spore?

500

During telophase of mitosis, the chromosomes reach the opposite poles and begin to ______.

What is decondensing?

500

Genes that cause the cell to become cancerous.

What are oncogenes?

500

Interkinesis lacks a(n) _____ , so chromosomes are not duplicated. 

What is an S Phase?

500

What kind of chromsome is shown above?










What is a duplicated chromosome?

500

Two duplicated homologous chromosomes bound together by chiasmata during prophase I. 

What is a tetrad?

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