Mitosis and Cancer
Meiosis
MIT vs MEI
Cell Cycle
Old Stuff
100
What are the four stages of mitosis?
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
100
What does crossing over do? And when does it happen?
Increases genetic diversity in a cell, and it happens during prophase I
100
What is the difference between haploid and diploid?
Haploid has one set of chromosomes. Diploid has two sets of chromosomes. n vs 2n
100

When cells do not pass through a checkpoint in Interphase, what are two of the processes that will occur to keep the cell from moving on?

DNA Repair, Apoptosis

100

What are the four nucleotide bases in DNA?

Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymie

200

3 part questions: What happens to the DNA in prophase? What two things disappear? What begins to form and move to opposite poles?

1. DNA becomes chromosomes. 2 Nuclear membrane 3. Spindle fibers/centriole

200
How many daughter cells do you get at the end of meiosis? and are those cells different or identical to one another?
4 daughter cells that are all different.
200
Which process is asexual, and which process is sexual? Which one do you want if you want to produce gametes?
Asexual: mitosis, Sexual: meiosis, Meiosis/Sexual
200
What are the three stages within Interphase?
G1, S, G2
200

What are the 4 bases in RNA

Adenine, Uracil, Guanine and Cytosine


300
Mitosis produces how many daughter cells? Are they different or identical to one another?
2 daughter cells that are identical
300

In order to create haploid cells, meiosis does reduction division. What does that mean?

Is reduces the number of chromosomes from 46 to 23.

300
If you genetically modify/change the DNA and start cloning organisms, what will be lost? (Hint: crossing over does this)
Genetic diversity?
300
What happens during the S phase of Interphase?
DNA replicates
300

Enzymes do what to the rate of a reaction?

Makes reaction go faster.

400

Finish the sentence: Cancer is uncontrolled ________.

Cell growth

400

After meiosis I, before you begin meiosis II, which phase of the cell cycle is skipped?

Interphase

400

What types of cells are produced during meiosis?

Gametes (Egg and Sperm Cells)

400
What is cytokinesis?
When the cytoplasm of both newly made cells physically separate from one another.
400

What are the two names of the frameshift mutations?

Insertion & Deletion

500

Which one would most likely cause cancer? Viruses, Crossing Over, or Mutations?

Mutations

500
True or False? The number of cells produced by meiosis is twice the number of cells produced by mitosis
True
500
Mitosis you do PMAT _____ times, but in meiosis, you do PMAT __________ times.
Once, twice
500
The cell spends most of its time in what phase of the cell cycle?
Interphase
500

What is the name of the mutation that causes an early STOP codon?

Nonsense Mutation