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Cell Cycle Test Study Guide
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1. Describe what happens during prophase.
2. What is cancer by definition?
3. If a parent cell has 15 chromosomes, how many chromosomes will each of the
daughter cells have after undergoing mitosis?
4. What is happening to chromosomes during telophase?
5. Why do cancer cells reproduce so rapidly?
6. DNA replication occurs during which stage of mitosis?
7. Which stage of mitosis has the shortest duration?
8. If a cell undergoes repeated mitosis without cytokinesis, the cell would have
many what?
9. During which stage does the typical growth of a cell take place?
10. Where do the cell’s chromosomes line up during metaphase?
12. What is the importance of mitosis?
13. Which type of cell division provides genetic variation of a species?
14. Which event in meiosis leads to the reduction of chromosome number from 2n to
n?
15. What is crossing over and when would crossing over most likely take place?
20. If the typical human cell contains 46 chromosomes, how many chromosomes
would be found in the typical human sperm?
21. Compare and contrast mitosis and meiosis.
22. Explain what is meant by the terms monosomy and trisomy.