Mitosis Flashcards
Hove much copies have body cells?
2 one from mother second from father
What the cell cycle do?
Makes new cells for growth and repair
The stage of the cells when the cell divide is called?
Mitosis
Function of mitosis?
for growth and to replace damged cells
Some organisms used him to reproduce it called?
asexual reproduction
What main stages of the cell cycle?
Interphase- DNA spread out in long strings. Before mitosis cell makes copy of its DNA. DNA forms X-shaped chromosomes.
Prophase- The membrane around the nucleus breaks down.
Metaphase- The chromosomes line up at the centre of the cell.
Anaphase- Each chromosome split in half. The two halves are pulled to opposite ends of the cell.
Telophase- Membranes form around each new set of chromosomes.
Cytokinesis- is when the cytoplasm and cell membrane divide and form 2 separate cells called daugher cells
All growth in animals happens by?
Cell division
Cell division happens by?
Mitosis
What is cell differentiation?
Is how a cell changes to become specialised for its job
Changes in a cell’s DNA may lead to?
Uncontrolled cell division