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What are the three general types of cellular reproduction?
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What is the purpose of binary fission and mitosis in comparison to meiosis?
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What is the cell cycle?
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What happens to chromosomes during interphase?
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Name the four stages of mitosis and describe what occurs in each stage.
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During which stage of a cell’s cycle does DNA replication occur?
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At what phase of mitosis does a chromosome become visible?
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List five differences between an interphase cell and a cell in mitosis.
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Define the term cytokinesis.
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What are the differences between plant and animal mitosis?
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What is the difference between cytokinesis in plants and animals?
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What are checkpoints?
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What role does p53 have in controlling cell division?
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Why can radiation be used to control cancer?
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List three factors associated with the development of cancer.
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List three factors associated with the development of cancer.
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What is the difference between determination and differentiation?
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How do haploid cells differ from diploid cells?
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Why is meiosis necessary in organisms that reproduce sexually?
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Define the terms zygote, fertilization, and homologous chromosomes.
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Diagram fertilization as it would occur between a sperm and an egg with the haploid number of 3.
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Diagram the metaphase I stage of a cell with the diploid number of 8.
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What is unique about prophase I?
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During which phase do daughter chromosomes form?
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Why does synapse not occur during meiosis II?
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Can a haploid cell undergo meiosis?
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List three differences between mitosis and meiosis.
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How much variation as a result of independent assortment can occur in cells with the following number of diploid numbers: 2, 4, 6, 8, and 22?
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What are the major sources of variation in the process of meiosis?
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Define the term nondisjunction.
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What is the difference between monosomy and trisomy?







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