Cell Cycle
Interphase & Mitosis
What are the two main divisions in the cell cycle?
Growth, replacement & repair, reproduction
What are the 3 main functions of mitotic cell devision?
Deoxyribose
What sugar molecule forms part of the backbone of a DNA strand?
Uracil
What base is unique to RNA sequences?
Haploid
What is the daughter cell N number?
S Phase
What process during interphase copies the cell's genetic material in preparation for cell division?
Asexual
What type of reproduction occurs via mitotic division?
Hydrogen
What type of bond forms between a base-pair in a DNA helix?
One extra oxygen
How is the sugar in RNA different to the sugar in a DNA strand?
Gametes
What type of cell is produced by Meiosis?
Cytokinesis
What process separates the parent cell into daughter cells at the end of mitosis?
Identical
Daughter cells produced are genetically identical or unique?
Antiparallel
What term describes the opposite direction in which each strand in a DNA helix are read and replicated?
Single
How many strands does mRNA have?
4
How many daughter cells are produced from 1 parent cell?
Cleavage furrow
What is a structural feature of cytokinesis in animals?
Diploid
Daughter cells N number.
Cytosine
What base always pairs with Guanine?
rRNA
What is a ribosome composed of?
Reduction division
What is the first division during Meiosis?
Cell plate
What is a structural feature of cytokinesis in plants?
Somatic
What type of cells are produced by mitotic division?
Chargaff
Whose work, identified that in any given organism's DNA, the proportion of A and T bases is equal, and C and G bases are equal, informed Watson and Crick's base pairing in the DNA double helix model?
Primer
What type of RNA molecule is marks where elongation should begin during initiation of DNA replication?
Prophase I
During what stage of Meiosis does crossing over occur?