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What is the function of the mitochondria?

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  • site of later stages of aerobic respriation
  • inner of its 2 membranes are folded to form finger-like projections called cristae
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What is the nucleus contain?

*don’t say just DNA or genetic info

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  • contains chromosomes & nucleolus
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What are chromsomes made up of?

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DNA, contains genes that control synthesis of proteins

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What is the chromosomes and nucleolus enclosed in? What is it made up of?

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envelope made up of 2 membranes pierced by pores

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What is the function of the nucleolus?

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dense body within the nucleus where ribosomes are made

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What is the rough endoplasmic reticulum?

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  • system of interconnected membrane-bound, flattened sacs
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What is attached to the outer surface of RER?

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ribosomes

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What is the function of the rough endoplasmic reticulum?

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proteins made on attached ribosomes & are transported through the ER to other parts of cell

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What is the function of the ribsomes?

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site of protein sythesis

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What are ribosomes made of?

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made of RNA & protein, they are found free in the cytoplasm or attached rough ER

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What is cell surface membrane/plasma membrane? What is its function?

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phospholipid bilayer containing proteins & other molecules forming a partially permeable barrier

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What is the smooth endoplasmic reticulum?

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  • like rough ER, but without attached ribsomes
  • makes lipids & steroids
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What is the golgi apparatus? What is its function?

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  • stacks of flattened, membrane-bound sacs formed by fusion of vesicles from ER
  • modifies proteins and packages them in vesicles for transport
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What are the lysosome?

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spherical sacs containg digestive enzymes & bound by a single membrane

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What is the function of the lysosome?

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  • involved in breakdown of unwanted structures in cell & in destruction of whole cells, when old cell are to be replaced
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What is a specialised lysosome?

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acrosome

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What are centrioles?

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hollow cylinders made up of a ring of 9 nine protein microtubules

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What is the function of centrioles?

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involved in formation of spindle during nuclear division & in transport with cytoplasm

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Which structures are always present in an eukaryotic cell?

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  • nucleus
  • mitochondria
  • chloroplasts (plant cells)
  • endoplasmic reticulum
  • ribosomes
  • cytoskeleton
  • chromosomes
  • cell wall (plant cells)
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Which 2 structures are sometimes present in an eukaryotic cell?

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cilia & flagella

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Which structures are always present in a prokaryotic cell?

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  • ribosomes
  • cell wall
  • chromosomes
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Which structure is sometimes present in prokaryotic cells?

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flagella

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What happens in protein trafficking? (9 steps)

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  1. Transcription (in nucleus), of DNA to mRNA
  2. mRNA leaves nucleus
  3. proteins made on ribosomes enter through rough ER
  4. proteins move through ER, adopting tertiary structure en route
  5. vesicles pinched off rough ER contain protein
  6. vesicles from rough ER fuse to form the flattened sacs of the Golgi apparatus
  7. proteins are modified within the Golgi apparatus
  8. vesicles pinched off the Golgi apparatus contain the modified proteins
  9. vesicles fused with the cell surface membrane releasing proteins (such as extracellular enzymes & these extracellular enzymes will undergo exocytosis)
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What is protein trafficking?

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movement of proteins in a cell

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What are the 4 stages of mitosis?
1. prophase 2. metaphase 3. anaphase 4. telophase
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What happens in prophase?
- chromosomes condense & become visible as 2 strands - centrioles move around nuclear envelope & position themselves at opposite sides of cell - 2 poles of the spindle are formed & are involved in organisation of spindle fibres - nuclear envelope is broken down
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What is widest part of the spindle called?
equator
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What happens during metaphase?
- chromsomes' centromeres attach to spindle fibres at equator
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What happens during anaphase?
- centromeres split - spindle fibres shorten, pulling 2 halves of each centromere in opposite directions - one chromatid of each chromosome to each of the poles - spindle breaks down
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What happens in telophase?
- chromosomes unravel & nuclear envelope reforms, so 2 sets of genetic information become enclosed in separate nuclei
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What are the steps of the acrosome reaction?
1. sperm reaches egg cell & binds to zona pellucida 2. Acrosome swells & fuses with sperm cell surface membrane 3. Digestive enzymes in acrosome released 4. Enzymes digest a tunnel through follice & zona pellucida, so sperm can reach plasma membrane of egg cell 5. plasma membrane of sperm cell & egg cell fuse 6. sperm releases its nucleus into egg cell cytosplasm 7. nuclei of sperm & egg fuse
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Define fertilisation.
fusion of sperm nuclei & egg nuclei
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How many chromosomes does a zygote contain?
46 (full no.)
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What is formed after fertilisation?
zygote
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What are the adaptions of an egg cell? How does this mean they can carry out their function?
cytoplasm - contains nutrients for embryo growth lysosomes - thickens zona pellucida to prevent sperm entry follicle cells - form protective coating around egg cell zona pellucida - releases chemicals to attract sperm cell surface membrane - allows sperm to enter cell
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Do sex cells contain one copy or two copies of chromosomes?
one copy
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What the type of gametes called before fertilisation?
haploid gametes
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What are the 4 adaptations of a sperm cell? How does this it can carry out its functions?
flagellum - swim to egg cell streamlined shape - faster swimming body contains lots of mitochondria - provides ATP for movement head contains acrosome - filled with digestive enzymes to break down egg's ZP & allow sperm to reach egg cell membrane
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What does the cortical reaction prevent?
multiple sperm cells from fertilising egg
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What is the process of the cortical reaction?
1. Fusion of sperm cell & egg cell cell surface membrane 2. Cortical granules release their contents (by exocytosis) into the zona pellucida 3. These contents react with the zona pellucia causing it to harden which prevents other sperm cells from entering 4. Sperm & egg cell nuclei then fuse
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Does the cortical reaction occur before or after the acrosome reaction?
after
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What is meiosis?
cell division that results in productions of 4 haploid nuclei
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What does meiosis produce?
gametes
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What are the 2 divisions of meiosi called?
Meiosis I & Meiosis II
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What does meiosis create?
genetic variation among offspring
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What happens in Meiosis I?
homologous chromosomes pair up as bivalents
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What happens in Meiosis II?
chromatids separate & haploid gametes are formed
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What happens in the whole of meiosis?
1. Before division begins, both chromosomes replicate (DNA replication). 46 chromosomes are presents in one diploid parent cell 2. after replication each chromosomes is made of 2 strands of DNA called 2 chromatids. 23 chromosomes are present. 3. Meiosis 1 - Homologous chromosomes pair up as bivalents and then separate 4. Meiosis 2 - Second division (similar to mitosis). Chromatids separate and haploid gametes are formed.
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What are the 2 ways that crossing over can lead to genetic variation?
- crossing over - independent assortment
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When does crossing over occur?
meiosis 1
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What happens during crossing over?
- homologous chromosomes come together as pairs & all 4 chromatids come into contact - at these contact points, chromatids break & region exchanging sections of DNA between non-sister chromatids
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What is the point when chromatids break called?
chiasmata
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How does crossing over lead to genetic variation?
many chiasmata nay form anywhere along length of chromsome, leading -> chromosomes containing new combinations of alleels from both parents
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Does crossing over occur between sex chromosomes occur?
no
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When does independent assortment occur?
occurs during meiosis 1
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What happens during independent assortment?
- each gamete ends up w only one of homologous pairs of chromosomes - independent assortment of chromosomes as they line up during meiosis is random & either chromosome from each pair could be in either gamete
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What does independent assortment mean for the gametes?
gametes can end up with many diff. combinations of maternal or paternal chromosomes
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Why is genetic variation important?
enables some individuals to adapt to environment while maintaining survival of population
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Other than independent assortment & crossing over, what else can lead to varition?
random fertilisation
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What is random fertilisation?
where it is completely as to which sperm will fertilise egg
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Where does meiosis occur?
in reproductive organs
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What is a chromatid?
identical half of the copied chromosome
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What are centromeres?
region where 2 chromatids are joined at
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What is meant by the term polygenic?
- a characteristic showing continuous variation - caused by multiple genes at different loci

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