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Learning Objectives
1. Understand the factors that cause cells to reproduce.
2. Compare mitosis and meiosis; cite similarities and differences.
3. Explain the necessity of maintaining the same number of chromosomes per cell
after cell division.
4. Understand what is meant by cell cycle and be able to visualize where mitosis fits
into the cell cycle.
5. Be able to characterize each phase of mitosis.
6. Explain how the cytoplasm is apportioned to plant and animal daughter cells
following mitosis.
7. Describe the mechanisms that keep chromosomes organized within the cell.
8. Contrast asexual and sexual types of reproduction that occur on the cellular and
multicellular organism levels.
9. Understand the effect that meiosis has on chromosome number.
10. Describe the events that occur in each meiotic phase.
How Cells Reproduce
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