Stuff on the Bio Test Flashcards
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Cells dividing uncontrollably
Cancer
Division of prokaryotes is called
binary fission
Simple steps to binary fission
Duplication of the chromosome and separation of the copies. These copies then divide
How does binary fission compare to mitosis
Binary fission occurs primarily in prokaryotes (bacteria), while mitosis only occurs in eukaryotes
Why do cells divide
Growth, repairing, and reproduction
The first checkpoint of the cell cycle does what
Checks the integrity of the DNA
Second checkpoint does what
Proper chromosome duplication is assessed at checkpoint 2
Third checkpoint does what
Assess the attachment of kinetochore to a spindle fiber
Entire complex consisting of roughly the same amount of DNA and protein
Chromatin
One of the two identical parts of a duplicated chromosome in a eukaryotic cell
SIster chromatids
What holds the sister chromatids together
Centromere
(of a cell or nucleus) having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.
haploid
What tumors don’t leave the original site
Benign
tumors are mass of abnormally reproducing cells that can spread and invade other healthy organs of the body
Malignant
If the cancer cells spread it is called
METASTASIS
ANGIOGENESIS
Cancer cells can signal blood vessels to grow to them by releasing chemicals
Use chemical to kill cancer cells that are dripped in an IV.
chemotherapy
Using intense radiation (UV rays) and locally zapping the cancer cells.
radiation
Antibodies (Proteins)
immunotherapy
How many autosomes are found in the human sperm cell?
22 chromosomes in a gamete (23 because they’re a haploid)
Which are identical? Sister chromatids or homologous chromosomes? Explain.
Sister chromatids are identical copies of the same chromosomes. Homologous have the same genetic information coded on them but the coding itself doesn’t have to be the same
(of a cell or nucleus) containing two complete sets of chromosomes, one from each parent.
Diploid
Chromatin what exactly does it do?
Contains the DNA which is an instruction booklet of the cell
Chromatin isn’t just DNA. It has proteins that are “shelves” What are these “shelves” called?
Histones