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Why do cells need to divide?

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to allow for:
- organism growth
- healing of injuries and wounds

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*Draw a chromosome about to undergo mitosis (after S phase). Label the centromere and chromatids.

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What is chromatin?

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Uncoiled DNA

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What stage of cell division would you find chromatin?

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Interphase

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What is the longest phase of the cell cycle

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Interphase

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How many checkpoints are in the cell cycle?

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3
(G1 checkpoint,
G2 checkpoint,
Spindle checkpoint)

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Where are the checkpoints and what do they do

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G1: end of G1 phase
checks for: enough nutrients, damaged DNA, cell size
G2: end of G2 phase
checks for: complete DNA, damaged DNA, cell size, enough nutrients
Spindle: during metaphase
checks for: chromosome alignment, spindle attachment

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When does the G1 checkpoint take place

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After Gap 1

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What happens during the G1 checkpoint

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checks for:
enough nutrients
damaged DNA

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When does the G2 checkpoint take place

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end of Gap 2

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What happens during the G2 checkpoint

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checks for:
enough nutrients
damaged DNA

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When does the spindle checkpoint take place

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During metaphase

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What happens during the spindle checkpoint

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checks for:
- chromosome alignment
- spindle attachment to kinetochores

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What are the 3 stages within interphase

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  1. Gap 1
  2. Synthesis
  3. Gap 2
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What happens in each of the stages of interphase?

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Gap 1:
- growing larger physically
- creating new organelles
- cell carries normal metabolic activities
Synthesis:
- cell replicates DNA
- duplicates centrosomes
Gap 2: secondary period of growth
- cell further increases in size
- produces proteins
- moves structures around

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What happens in Gap 1

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  • cell grows in size
  • cell creates new organelles
  • cell carries out normal metabolic activities
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What happens in S phase

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  • cell replicates DNA
  • cell duplicates centrosomes
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What happens in Gap 2

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secondary period of growth
- cell grows in size
- produces proteins
- moves around structures

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What are the phases of mitosis

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Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase

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*Draw or find a picture of each phase of mitosis

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Spindle fibers occur in the _ phase

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Prophase

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DNA replicates in the _ phase

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Synthesis

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Chromosomes form and become visible in _

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Prophase

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Chromatids break apart from each other in _

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Anaphase

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Nuclear membrane disappears in _
Prophase (technically prometaphase)
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Chromosomes line up on the equator in _
Prophase ( technically Prometaphase)
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What is the difference between animal and plant cytokinesis?
- Animal cells have a cleavage furrow and split the cell membrane - Plant cells are not able to to do that, because of the cell wall. They create a cell plate that turns into a new cell wall.
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FUN FACT! Telophase
In telophase the cell will have two nuclei in one cell before it has completely separated
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What are the proteins that stimulate cell division?
helicase, SSB proteins, topoisomerase
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What is a tumor?
an abnormal growth of tissue that could be cancerous or non-cancerous
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What is the difference between a benign vs. a malignant tumor
**Benign tumor:** does not spread to surrounding healthy tissue or other parts for the body **Malignant tumor:** cancerous tissue that spreads to and destroys surrounding tissue
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What is it called when the cytoplasm divides in the cell cycle?
Cytokinesis
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What does metastasis mean?
when cancer cells spread to other parts of the body
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What is the role of the spindle fibers in cell division?
to pull apart the sister chromatids
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What is the difference between chromosome and chromatin?
- Chromosomes are a highly condensed form of chromatin - Chromatin is uncoiled DNA
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**Draw a picture of chromosome and chromatin?
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FUN FACT! Mitosis produces ___ that are ___ to __ and to the ___ cell
Mitosis produces **two identical daughter cells** that are **identical** to each other and to the **parent** cell
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What does radiation and chemotherapy do?
both kill off cells that are developing (even healthy ones)
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How are radiation and chemotherapy different
Radiation: targets a certain area Chemotherapy: used on all parts of body, usually used on cancer that has spread
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What are several reasons why it is difficult to find a cure for cancer?
- There are more than 100 types of cancer (different cancers for different cells) - Not all cancers respond the same way to treatments - Not all patients are the same - Patients’ lifestyles are all different
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Know the different parts of a nucleotide.
nitrogenous base, 5-carbon sugar, phosphate group
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What type of molecule is a nucleotide?
Nucleic acid
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What does the complementary base pairing rule tell us about how the DNA structure is put together?
- it pairs up with each other consistently - it adds onto the chain by using the already existing chain as a template
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What is Chargaff’s rule?
- States that Cytosine always pairs with Guanine, and Adenine always with Thymine. - Always 1 to 1 ratio - Always adds up to 100% total **EX:** Cytosine & Guanine - 21%, Thymine & Adenine 29%
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What were the contributions for Franklin, Watson and Crick in terms of discovering the DNA structure?
**Franklin** discovered DNA is in a **helix** **Watson and Crick** used Franklin’s work, found that DNA had a **double helix** structure with **evenly spaced pairs of bases** connecting two strands
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In what direction does the DNA replication occur?
5’ to 3’ (5 prime to 3 prime)
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Helicase function
Breaks down hydrogen bonds (unzips nitrogenous bases/“genes”)
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Ligase function
Connects the Okazaki fragments
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DNA polymerase function
Adds new nucleotide bases
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What is Okazaki’s fragment and why does that happen?
**Okazaki’s fragment:** individual fragments that have not been connected in the lagging strand *Happens because:* DNA polymerase can only add new bases to a 5’ to 3’.
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What is the difference between a leading and lagging strand?
**Leading strand:**continuously made **Lagging strand:**made in fragments (called Okazaki Fragments)
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How is a stem cell different from other cells?
Stem cells are not specialized. They can do the roles and functions of any cell that they want.
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What does cell differentiation mean?
the process of a stem cell differentiating into a mature specialized cell to carry out a specific job (relies on gene expression to occur)
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What is histone?
The protein that makes up nucleosomes (the group of proteins that DNA winds around)
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What are centrioles?
makes up centrosomes, the mitotic spindle grows out of
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Purine definition
nitrogen base with **two** rings (Adenine and Guanine) (Pure = *Always Good*)
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Pyrimidine definition
Nitrogenous base with one ring (Cytosine and Thymine)
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Antiparallel definition
The single strands in DNA run in different directions and never touch each other
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Internal regulators
Proteins that regulate inside or within the cell
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External regulators
Proteins that regulate outside the cell
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Positive regulators
proteins that help and allow the cell to move forward in the cell cycle
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Negative regulators
proteins that do not allow the cell to move forward in the cell cycle
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Apoptosis
Programmed cell death
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Cancer
Uncontrolled cell growth
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What happens in Prophase?
- chromatin condense, becoming visible chromosomes - breaks down nuclear envelope - mitotic spindle forms
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What happens in Prometaphase?
- *chromosomes* **completely condense** - *nuclear envelope* **broken down** - *mitotic spindle* **continues to grow** - *centrosomes* **migrate** to opposite poles - *microtubules* **attach** to the centrosomes of **sister chromatids**
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What happens in Metaphase?
- chromosome lined up at the middle - spindle checkpoint
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What happens in Anaphase?
- sister chromatids are pulled apart and moved to opposite poles
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What happens during Telophase?
- cell reforms nuclear envelope and nucleolus - chromosomes begin to uncoil back into chromatin - spindle breaks down - cytokinesis happens
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**T/F:** The risk of dying from cancer is increasing
False
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**T/F:** Cancer can be spread from person to person
False
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**T/F:** What someone does as a young adult has little effect on their chance of getting cancer later in life
False
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**T/F:** There is currently a cure for cancer but the medical industry won’t tell the public about it because they make too much money treating pateints
False
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**T/F:** Treating cancer with surgery can cause it to spread throughout the body
False
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**T/F:** Cancer can be effectively treated
True
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**T/F:** Cancer is a group of over 100 diseases
True
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**T/F:** Cancer cells can be distinguished from normal cells because of their abnormal growth
True
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**T/F:** Cancer can only occur in specific cells in the body
False
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**T/F:** Cancer develops because of abnormal gene function
True

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