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Chromosomes
Cell Cycle
Mutations
Mitosis
Miscellaneous
100
What must a cell do before it can divide?
Copy it's DNA
100
What are the 3 parts of interphase?
G1, S, G2
100
What type of mutation is shown?
Addition/duplication
100
Mitosis only occurs in what type of cells?
Somatic
100
What is cell division in bacterial cells called?
Binary fission
200
What is the place on a chromosome where the sister chromatids attach?
Centromere
200
Cytoplasm division is known as _________.
Cytokinesis
200
A mutation where a segment of genes is flipped, reversing their order.
Inversion
200
In which phase do the chromatids separate?
Anaphase
200
What is it called when a human has more than 2 copies of a particular chromosome?
Trisomy
300
What are the female gametes? The male gametes?
Eggs, sperm
300
What are the 3 checkpoints in the cell cycle?
G1 (cell growth) S (DNA synthesis) Mitosis
300
The transfer of part of a chromosome to a non-homologous chromosome.
Translocation
300
Which phase is shown?
Telophase
300
What are pairs of chromosomes that are genetically identical called?
Homologous pairs
400
How many pairs of autosomes are in a cell?
22
400
What happens during the S phase?
DNA is copied
400
What is it called when an organism has an extra SET of chromosomes?
Polyploidy
400
In which phase does the nuclear envelope dissolve?
Prophase
400
What was the name of the effort to map the location of every gene on every chromosome?
Human genome project
500
What is the difference between haploid and diploid? Which type of cells does each term go with?
Diploid-Full set of chromosomes (2n=46). Found in somatic cells. Haploid-Half set of chromosomes (n=23). Found in gametes.
500
List 2 environmental factors that can lead to the uncontrollable growth of cells.
Tobacco, sunlight (UV), lead paint, radiation, etc.
500
What is one consequence of a chromosomal mutation?
Genetic disorder, cancer, nothing
500
What are the two, genetically identical cells that result from mitosis?
Daughter cells
500
What is it called when one or more chromosomes fail to separate? Can result in trisomy.
Nondisjunction