Definitions
One haploid gamete joins with another haploid gamete
What is fertilization
This process produces body (somatic) cells.
What is mitosis?
Cells spend most of their life in this phase.
What is Interphase?
Requires 1 parent and creates genetically identical cells
What is asexual reproduction?
A mistake made to a DNA sequence
What is a mutation?
A cell that contains 1n or 1/2 number of chromosomes
What is haploid?
This process produces haploid cells.
What is meiosis?
Chromosomes are pulled apart to opposite poles of the cell during this phase
What is anaphase?
Requires 2 parents and creates genetically unique cells
What is sexual reproduction?
Mutation that has no effect on the resulting amino acid
What is silent mutation?
A cell that contains 2n or full number of chromosomes
What is diploid?
Division of the cytoplasm
What is cytokinesis?
Characterized as by chromosomes aligning along the center of the cell
What is metaphase?
Mechanism bacteria use to reproduce
What is binary fission?
Point mutation that will change the amino acid
What is missense mutation?
Period in a Cell's life that includes Interphase, Mitosis and Cytokinesis
What is the cell cycle?
Segment during the cell cycle when DNA replication takes place?
What is the S phase of interphase?
Crossing over occurs in this phase of Meiosis
What is prophase I
Mechanism eukaryotic cells use to make copies
What is mitosis?
Point mutation that will result in a stop codon
What is nonsense mutation?
Matching Chromosome pairs
What is homologous chromosomes?
Process during which chromosome segments are exchanged?
What is crossing over?
4 genetically unique cells are created during this phase
What is Telophase II/Cytokinesis?
California blackworms, also known as mudworms, are able to break apart. Each body section that broke apart is able to become an identical new worm. What type of reproduction does this example represent?
What is asexual reproduction?
When the reading frame is shifted to the left or right due to an insertion or deletion of a base
What is a frameshift mutation?