Mitosis
These are the type of cells that undergo a process called mitosis
What are somatic cells?
DNA must be able to copy itself, which it does through a process called this
What is replication?
Meiosis is a type of cell division division necessary for this type of reproduction
What is sexual reproduction?
This is the sequence of stages through which a cell passes between one cell division and the next
What is the cell cycle?
Structures of DNA
What are chromosomes
This is a type of cell division that generates two daughter cells that are both identical to the mother cell
What is mitosis?
This consists of long strands of DNA, jumbled up with proteins, that together form a kind of disorganized mass of genetic material in the nucleus
What is chromatin?
Meiosis produces four reproductive cells called
What are gametes?
Most of the cell cycle is spent in this consisting of three major parts
What is interphase?
Tells the number of chromosomes in an organism and shows what they look like
What is karyotype
This type of reproduction only requires one parent
What is asexual reproduction?
This is a single macromolecule of DNA, organized into a long chain
What is a chromosome?
During this phases of cell division, each set of replicated chromosomes lines up with its homologous pair
What is meiosis I?
The name for a single set of chromosomes
What is haploid?
Has three chromosomes on the 21st pair (trisomy 21)
What is down syndrome
The process of mitosis and cytokinesis are together called this
What is cell division?
These cells have two sets (diploid) number of chromosomes
What are somatic cells?
This is the resting period before meiosis II begins
What is interkinesis?
The name for two sets of chromosomes
What is diploid?
What is the haploid number if a cell has 20 diploids?
What is 10
The division of the cell cytoplasm is called this
What is cytokinesis?
This enzyme collects the nucleotide bases and matches them to their complementary pair along the single-strand DNA
What is DNA polymerase?
During this process, the homologous pairs of chromosomes can break and exchange segments
What is the crossing over process?
During G1 phase the cell grows, during G2 phase the cell prepares for mitosis by replicating organelles and increasing the amount of cytoplasm, and during S phase the cell does this to the DNA containing the genetic material
What is replicate?
My karyotype has an X and an Y chromosome.
What is a male