Mitosis
What is the abbreviation used to remember the steps of mitosis
What is PMAT or PMAT/C.
Binary Fission
What is the division of a prokaryotic cell into 2 offspring cells
What happens in meiosis I that does not happen in mitosis or meiosis II?
What is crossing over
What is the easiest way to classify that an organism is in meiosis II?
What is: Two cells are undergoing changes
Each half of chromosome
What is Chromatid/Sister Chromatids
Why are cells genetically identical in the end of mitosis?
what is: They do not cross over.
Why is G0 used?
What is: The cell is resting and not preparing to divide
What structures pull apart during anaphase?
What are tetrads
How many cells are produced in meiosis II?
What is 4 cells.
A rod-shaped structure made of DNA & proteins; a single DNA molecule associated with proteins
What is Chromosome
What is pulled apart in anaphase?
What are sister chromatids
What happens in the three phases of interphase?
what is: Cell grows in G1, DNA copies in S phase, the cell grows and prepares for cell division in G2.
What is the process where homologous chromosomes are paired together?
What is synapsis
How many total divisions are completed after Meiosis I and II?
What is 2 divisions
A defect in genes that controls cell growth and division.
What is Cancer.
How many chromosomes are produced at the end of mitosis?
What is 46 chromosomes
What percentage of the cell cycle is spent in interphase?
What is about 90% of the cell cycle
How many chromosomes do you end interphase/begin prophase with?
What is 92 chromosomes.
What is similar about anaphase in mitosis and meiosis II?
What is: Both phases pull apart chromatids
What is formed when the cell membrane pinches in during cytokinesis in an animal cell?
What is a cleavage furrow
How many chromosomes are present before mitosis?
What is 46 chromosomes
What is the full order of the cell cycle?
What is G1, S phase, G2, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, and cytokinesis
What is the word used to describe the organization at the metaphase plate in meiosis I?
What is random
Why does meiosis II not involve tetrads?
What is: After meiosis I, the chromosomes are no longer homologous
What is the complete set of chromosomes in an individual organism including size, numbers and shapes?
What is the karyotype