Exam 3 Vocab

Question 1

Mitosis

Answer 1

The division of genetic material in the nucleus that produces daughter cells genetically identical to the parent cell

Question 2

Cytokinesis

Answer 2

The division of the cytoplasm into 2 daughter cells

Question 3

What are the phases in mitosis?

Answer 3

Prophase
Prometaphase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase

Question 4

Centriole

Answer 4

Cylindrical structures that compromise micro tubules

Question 5

Mitotic spindle

Answer 5

The macromolecular machine that segregates chromosomes to two daughter cells during mitosis

Question 6

Operon

Answer 6

A bunch of genes together that do a common job

Question 7

Constitutive mutant

Answer 7

They are always producing the protein

Question 8

Polycistronic gene

Answer 8

Common in bacteria, many genes are turned up or down by a single regulatory factor

Question 9

Allele

Answer 9

Different versions of the same gene on a particular chromosome

Question 10

G1 cell cycle stage

Answer 10

First gap stage, takes in nutrients and gets things ready for duplicating

Question 11

S cell cycle stage

Answer 11

When they duplicate and synthesis the DNA

Question 12

G2 cell cycle stage

Answer 12

Another gap stage, grows and takes in nutrients, leads to mitosis

Question 13

Mitosis cell cycle stage

Answer 13

Division,split threads