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Bio 213 Cal Poly Praveen Babu
Cal Poly BIO 213 Midterm 1
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
10/26/2014

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Cell
Definition
Basic Unit of Life and every organism consists of one or more of these
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Nucleic Acids
Definition
Consist of coding instructions of all living organisms
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5 Qualities of Life
Definition
1)Organization 2)Energy Use 3)Maintenance of Internal Constancy 4)Reproduction Growth Development 5)Evolution
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Atom
Definition
Smallest chemical unit of a type of pure substance
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Molecule
Definition
A Group of joined Atoms
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Organelle
Definition
A membrane bounded structure that has a specific function
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Tissue
Definition
A collection of specialized cells that function in a coordinated fashion
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Organ
Definition
A structure consisting of tissues organized to interact and carryout specific functions
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Organ System
Definition
Organs connected physically or chemically that function together
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Organism
Definition
A single Living individual
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Community
Definition
All populations that occupy the same region
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Ecosystem
Definition
the living and nonliving components of an area
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Biosphere
Definition
The global ecosystem; the parts of the planet and its atmosphere where life is possible
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Emergent Properties
Definition
(New Complex Functions) arise at each level of biological organization
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Producers
Definition
Extract energy and nutrients from the nonliving environment
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Consumers
Definition
Obtain nutrients and energy by eating other organisms
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Decomposers
Definition
Consumers that obtain nutrients from dead organisms and organic wastes
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Domains
Definition
Living organisms are classified into one of three domains and then further classified from there
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Domain Bacteria
Definition
Cells lack nuclei(prokaryotic) Unicellular
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Domain Eukarya
Definition
Cells contain nuclei(eukaryotic) unicellular or multicellular
-protists, kingdom animals, plantae, fungi
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Domain Archaea
Definition
Cells lack Nuclei, unicellular
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Scientific Method
Definition
1)Observation 2)Hypothesis 3)Data Collection 4)Analysis/Peer Review
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Essential Elements
Definition
Only about 25 elements are essential
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Bulk Elements
Definition
Make up the vast majority of every living cell
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Trace Elements
Definition
Elements are sparsely found in cells
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Covalent Bond
Definition
Two atoms share pairs of electrons
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Ionic Bond
Definition
One Atom donates one or more electrons to another atom
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Hydrogen Bond
Definition
An atom with a partial negative charge attracts an atom with a partial positive charge
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Properties of Water
Definition
Cohesive, Solvent, Polar, can H-bond, participates in chemical reactions, allows for homeostasis
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Polymer
Definition
A series of monomers
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Macromolecules
Definition
The utilization of polymers to make more complex molecules with specialized functions
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Carbohydrates
Definition
energy storage, structure, are sugarsg
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Lipids
Definition
membranes, energy storage, signaling
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Proteins
Definition
structure, locomotion, transport, storage, catalysis
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Nucleic Acids
Definition
information storage and transmission
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Disaccharides
Definition
A combination of monosaccharides
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Lipids
Definition
Hydrophobic, also known as fats, used in building membranes, chemical signaling like cholesterol and testosterone
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Proteins
Definition
Complex and highly versatile, membrane proteins, hemoglobin, keratin, polymerases, antibodies, enzymes
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Chain of amino acids
Definition
Protein,
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Peptide Bonds
Definition
bonds between amino acid chains to form one or more polypeptides
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Protein Shape is...
Definition
CRITICAL for function
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Approx 20 naturally occurring...
Definition
amino acids
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Primary Structure
Definition
Amino Acid Sequence of polypeptide
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Secondary Structure
Definition
localized areas of coils sheets and loops within a polypeptide
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Tertiary Structure
Definition
overall shape of one polypeptide
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Quaternary Structure
Definition
Overall Protein Shape, between multiple polypeptides that make up the function protein
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Denatured Proteins
Definition
Proteins that have lost their shape ad function due to heat, pH, salts, etc
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Nucleotide Monomers
Definition
make up long nucleic acid polymers (DNA, RNA)
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DNA
Definition
data storage molecule in the cells and encodes the "blueprints of life"
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RNA
Definition
serves multiple roles in the utilization of the genetic information stored in DNA
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Cell Theory
Definition
1) Organisms are made up of 1+ cells; 2) The cell is the fundamental unit of life; 3)cells come from preexisting cells
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Cell Membrane
Definition
Central to Life, make it possible to maintain and exchange nutrients into and out of the cell, control surface area to volume
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Prokaryotic Cell
Definition
Came before Eukaryotic Cells, does not have a nucleus; divided into bacteria and archaea
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Bacteria
Definition
Most abundant and diverse organisms on the earth
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Nucleoid
Definition
cells circular DNA molecule congragates
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Flagellum
Definition
Tail used to propel a cell(bacteria)
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Domain Archaea
Definition
Resemble bacteria, contain biochemicals that are different than bacteria or eukaryotes
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Domain Eukarya
Definition
Very Diverse, contain membrane bound nucleus and organelles, cell membrane similar to bacteria
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Plant Cells
Definition
Have cell walls, and chloroplasts
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Membranes
Definition
Composed of phospholipid Bilayer and proteins that provide selective permeability
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Cholesterol, Sugar Molecules, transport Proteins all reside....
Definition
on the cell membrane
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Organelles
Definition
Have specialized functions and carry out the work of the cell
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Nuclear Envelope
Definition
Membrane found around nucleus
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Nucleolus
Definition
Central part within the nucleus
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Endoplasmic Reticulum
Definition
Proteins are synthesized here
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Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
Definition
Lipids Are made here
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Golgi Apparatus
Definition
Completes Folding Protein after Endoplasmic Reticulum, (Sorts and Packages)
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Lysosomes, vacuoles, peroxisomes
Definition
cellular digestion centers
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Chloroplasts
Definition
Photosynthesis occurs here, has it's own DNA
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Mitochondria
Definition
Extracts energy from nutrients, tremendous surface area on which to conduct chemical reactions, has it's own DNA
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Cytoskeleton
Definition
an intricate network of protein tracks and tubules
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Potential Energy
Definition
Chemical Energy Stored in Bonds, concentration gradient across a membrane
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Kinetic Energy
Definition
Light, Sound, Movement of Atoms an Molecules, Muscle Contraction
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Metabolism
Definition
The sum of all of the the chemical reaction
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ATP
Definition
Energy Storage Molecule
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Enzymes
Definition
Protein bio catalysts that reduce the activation energy for biochemical reactions
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Activation Energy
Definition
Energy required to start a chemical reaction
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Active Size
Definition
Enzymes create this such that substrates can bind and reactions can occur, lowering activation energy
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Simple Diffusion
Definition
Substance moves across membrane without assistance of transport proteins
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Osmosis
Definition
Water diffuses across a selectively permeable membrane
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Facilitated diffusion
Definition
substance moves across membrane with assistance of transport proteins
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Active Transport
Definition
Require energy to move and create concentration gradients
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Endocytosis, Phagocytosis, exocytosis
Definition
move large molecules into/out of the cell, uses a lot of energy
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Photosynthesis
Definition
6CO2 + 6H20 ----> C6H12O6 + 6O2
MEMORIZE
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2 stages of photosynthesis
Definition
light reactions, carbon reactions
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Light reactions
Definition
Energy from photons(light) is captured and stored in chemical bonds of ATP and NADPH
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Photosystem 2
Definition
Yields ATP, Light energy is transferred to reaction center, Two E's ejected, releases O2 when water s split
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Electron Transport Chain
Definition
Ejected es move down this, H+'s are pumped into thylakoid and leave through ATP synthase
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Photosystem 1
Definition
Yields NADPH, e-s reduce NADP+ to NADPH
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Carbon Reaction(kelvin Cycle)
Definition
Produce Carbohydrates, take CO2, makes glucose(carbs)
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Photosynthesis
Definition
plant's process to create ATP
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Aerobic Cellular Respiration
Definition
cells use O2, and glucose to generate ATP
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Fermentation
Definition
ATP generation without O2, anaerobic respiration common microbes
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Aerobic Respiration
Definition
Reverse of photosynthesis:
C6H12O6 + 6O2----->6CO2 + 6H2O + 36ATP
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Glycolysis
Definition
Always occurs in cytoplasm
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The Krebs Cycle and electron transport occur...
Definition
In mitochondria if possible
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Glycolysis
Definition
Sugar splitting, requires oxygen, nets 2atp and 2 nadph
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Aerobic Respiration
Definition
Yields 36 ATP
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DNA
Definition
a polymer of nucleotides, made of a sugar, phosphate, and nitrogenous base
Term
5' (5-Prime End Of DNA)
Definition
Ends with a phosphate
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3' (3-Prime End of DNA)
Definition
Ends in a OH
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Direction in which DNA is read
Definition
5' to 3'
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An Organism's Genome
Definition
All of the genetic material in it's cells, entire genetic complement
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Chromosomes
Definition
Contain most discreet sketches of the DNA in eukaryotes
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Watson and Crick
Definition
Described structure of DNA,and Central Dogma of Molecular Biology
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Transcription
Definition
DNA---->RNA , occurs in the nucleus
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Translation
Definition
RNA----->Protein , occurs in the cytoplasm, converts nucleotides to amino acids
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RNA is made...
Definition
5' to 3' as it is read 3' to 5' off the parent strand
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Transcription Initiation
Definition
RNA Polymerase binds DNA at the genes promoter, DNA helix unwinds
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Transcription Elongation
Definition
DNA threaded through RNApol at transcription bubble
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Transcription Termination
Definition
RNApol reaches "bumps" in terminator region and "falls off"
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RNA Processing
Definition
RNA must be modified before it is fully functional, caps are added, a poly adenine tail, introns are removed
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Intron
Definition
Noncoding nucleotide sequences that are not translated into proteins, occur at the ends of the sequence
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Exon
Definition
Coding nucleotides that lay between introns
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RNA Processing only occurs in...
Definition
EUKARYOTIC cells
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Translation
Definition
mRNA is translated into a stretch of amino acids by enzymes and other RNA molecules
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rRNA
Definition
Ribosomal RNA, major component in Ribosomes that construct proteins
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tRNA
Definition
Transfer RNA, interpreters that read the mRNA code; insert amino acids to the the growing protein, looks like a clover
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Amino Acid is composed of....
Definition
three nucleotides
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Codon
Definition
A triplet of amino acids
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How many stages are in protein synthesis
Definition
4 stages
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Protein Synthesis:initiation
Definition
a small and large ribosomal subunit bind mRNA; first tRNA also binds
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Protein Synthesis:Elongation
Definition
ribosome catalyzes the formation of a peptide bond between the amino acid in the peptidyl side (P-site) and the amino acyl site (A-Site)
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Protein Synthesis:Translocation
Definition
ribosome ratchets over one codon jettisoning empty tRNA and accommodating another amino acyl tRNA
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Protein Synthesis: Termination
Definition
elongation ceases once a stop codon is reached, release factors bind the ribosome and the complex falls off
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Regulation of Gene's
Definition
DNA availability, transcription factors, intron removal and processing, mRNA exit from nucleus, RNA degradation, protein processing and degradation
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Point Mutation
Definition
Effects one nucleotide in a sequence
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Nucleotide Substitution
Definition
Nucleotides are substituted, no additional nucleotides, just errors
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Frameshift Mutation
Definition
Insertion or deletion of bases
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Asexual Reproduction
Definition
Genetic Material is replicated, cell splits into two, most ancient form of division, identical offspring
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Sexual Reproduction
Definition
genetic makeup is derived from two parents, each parent contributes a sex cell or gamete, traits mixed/combined
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Mitosis
Definition
The process in which a zygote divides trillion of times to create a new organism, genetically identical division
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Meiosis
Definition
Creates unique gametes, genetically different offspring
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Apoptosis
Definition
programed cell death
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binary fission
Definition
asexual reproduction used by prokaryotes
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Chromosomes are made of...
Definition
Chromatin(DNA + histone proteins)
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Sister Chomatids
Definition
Adjacent forks of a the chromosome, they are identical
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Chromatin
Definition
Wound coils of DNA that make up the Chromosome
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Centromere
Definition
The central portion of a chromosome
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Homologous Pair
Definition
Two members of a chromosome pair, one from the father, one from mother
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Cell Cycle
Definition
the sequence of events between divisions
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Interphase
Definition
the time between divisions; cell growth and DNA replication
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Mitosis
Definition
division of the chromosomes
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Cytokinesis
Definition
division of the cytoplasm; splitting into 2 cells
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Interphase G1 (Gap 1)
Definition
RNA, proteins and other molecules are made
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Interphase S (Synthesis)
Definition
DNA is replicated
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Interphase G2 (Gap 2)
Definition
Preparing for cell division
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Mitosis has...
Definition
6 arbitrary phases
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