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11/24/2005

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Term
Cleaveage furrow pertains to?

Equatorial plate pertains to?
Definition
cleaveage furrow pertains to animal cells

equatorial plate pertains to plant cells
Term
Explain G2 of Interphase, and in what chronological order is it found?
Definition
1)A nuclear envelope bounds the nucleus

2)The nucleus contains one or more nucleoli

3)Two centrosomes have formed by replication of a single centrosome

4)(In animal cells, each centrsome features two centrioles)

5)Chromosomes, duplicated during S phase

It is the first stage of Mitosis
Term
What is Mitosis not used for?
Definition
It is not used for sexual reproduction.
Term
What is Microcephaly?
Definition
It is Abnormal smallness of the head.
Term
What is nondisjunction?
Definition
The failure of one or more pairs of chromosomes to separate at the meitoic stage of karyokinesis, with the result that both chromosomes are carried to one daughter cell and none to the other.
Term
Define epicanthic fold
Definition
It is a Fold of skin of the upper eyelid that partially covers the inner corner of the eye. (Also called the epicanthus)
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