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| survival of population/species (want to try to save the youngest in a generation in order for them to spread their DNA) |
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| multicellular organisms depend on cell division for: |
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1. development from a fertilized cell 2. growth 3. repair |
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| mitosis results in genetically ______ daughter cells |
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| a cell's endowment of DNA |
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| DNA molecules are packaged into ____ |
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| ______ cells have 2 sets of chromosomes |
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| somatic (nonreproductive) |
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| __________ have half as many chromosomes as somatic cells |
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a complex of DNA and protein that condences during cell division |
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| when DNA replication & condensing of chromosomes occur |
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| the narrow "waist" of the duplicated chromosome, where the 2 chromatids are most closely attached |
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| Eukaryotic cell division consists of |
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| Gametes are produced by a variation of cell division called ________ |
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| meiosis yelids ______ daughter cells that have only ___ set of chromosomes, ___ as many as the parent cell |
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________ ___________ is an aparatus of microtubules that controls the chromosome movement during mitosis |
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the microtubule organizing center -where sindle microtubles begin |
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| in ____, sister chrommtids seperate and move along the kinetichore microtubules tord opposite ends of the cell |
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| In animal cells, cytokinesis occurs by forming a _______ __________. Plants form a ____ ______ |
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cleavage furrow cell plate |
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| Prokaryotes reproduce by a type of cell division called _______ ______ |
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| bacterial replication will have 2 ______ copies at the end |
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| the cell cycle appears to be driven by specific _____ ________ present in the ______ |
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chemical signals cytoplasm |
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| the scientific study of heredity and variation |
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