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Biology 2: Mitosis
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What is DNA and why is it important?
How are histone and nonhistone proteins related to DNA?
How is a chromatid different from a chromosome?
What is the importance of a centromere?
Define chromatin and how it is different from a chromosome.
How are sex chromosomes and autosomes different?
What is the importance of a karyotype?
What is the difference between haploid and diploid cells and when do we see each
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9. What is happening in interphase and how does that differ from mitosis?
10. Describe what the five phases of mitosis are and what is happening during each
phase?
11. Draw a picture of each of the five phases of mitosis (a simple one) and describe
what is unique about each one.
12. What is cytokinesis and how does it differ from animals to plants?
13. Explain what the cell “cycle” is.
14. List and explain all of the stages in the cell cycle.
15. What happens to most cells as they get to the end of G1 and why is it important?
16. What is the difference between asexual and sexual reproduction?
17. When does mitosis result in asexual reproduction?
18. What are some advantages and disadvantages to asexual reproduction?
19. Explain budding.
20. What is vegetative propagation? Name some types with their advantages and
disadvantages.
21. What is a tumor?
22. How are malignant and benign tumors different?
23. What does metastasis mean?
24. How are carcinogens related to cancer?
25. What is a special about a cancer cell that makes it so dangerous?
DNA
Prophase
Chromosomes
Telophase
Chromatin
Polar fibers
Karyotypes
Cell plate
Diploid
Cancer cell
Mitosis
Benign
Vocabulary
Unicellular organism
Nonhistones
Anaphase
Centromere
Kinetichore fibers
Autosomes
Cytokinesis
Interphase
Sexual reproduction
Non-kinetochore fibers
Malignant
Cell Cycle
Histones
Metaphase
Chromatids
Centriole
Sex Chromosomes
Mitotic spindle
Homologous chromosomes
Asexual reproduction
Haploid
Tumor
Meiosis
Carcinigen