Mitosis
Meiosis
Reproduction
Cancer
Odds and Ends
100

In this phase of mitosis the sister chromatids are pulled to opposite poles.

What is anaphase

100

Meiosis is the process of producing these kind of cells

What are gametes

100

Number of chromosomes in a haploid cell

What is 23

100

Cancer comes from the term neoplasm which means

What is new growth

100
In this phase the cell is conducting normal functions and growth

What is interphase

200

In this phase of mitosis the chromosomes line up at the equator of the cell

What is metaphase

200

In this phase of meiosis, chromosome crossover may occur typically leading to increased genetic variation

What is Prophase I

200

What type of life cycle has both diploid and haploid dominant periods

What is alternation of generations

200

Genes that control positive cell cycle regulators are known as

What are proto-oncogenes

200

The most important part of the G2 checkpoint is to check this

What is correct DNA replication

300

Mitotic spindles arise from which structure

What is centrosomes

300

In prophase I, sister chromosomes pair up to form these structures

What are tetrads

300

Fusion of gametes to form this 

What is a zygote

300

Cancer cells suppress the ability for a cell to eliminate itself in this pathway

What is apoptosis

300

What is the method by which bacteria divide

What is binary fission

400

In this phase of mitosis sister chromatids condense and the nuclear envelope begins to disappear

What is prophase

400

Unpacking chromatids and forming a new nuclear envelope is characteristic of what phase

What is Telophase I(sometimes)/Telophase II

400

This trait is considered to be the key advantage of sexual reproduction

What is genetic diversity 

400

After this checkpoint it is difficult to stop the cell from going through to mitosis which gives it this name

What is restriction point

400

When both copies of this gene are disfunctional (inherited or mutated) several cancers may arise including childhood eye cancer

What is the Rb gene

500

Another name for mitosis

What is Karyokinesis 

500

The actin ring that separates the cell in cytokinesis

What is a cleavage furrow

500

The biological hypothesis that predators evolve with their prey and parasites with their host

What is the Red Queen Hypothesis

500

This protein controls many functions in the cell, and is controls the G1 checkpoint in a cell which includes identifying errors in DNA

What is p53

500

These two types of proteins are termed positive regulators as they drive the cell cycle

What are cyclins and cyclin dependent kinases