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cellular genetics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| how many stages does mitosis go through? | 4 |
| prophase? | chromosomes becomes visible, nuclear envelope dissolves, spindle forms. |
| metaphase? | chromosomes line up along equator of cell. |
| anaphase? | centromeres divide. |
| telophase? | nuclear envelope forms at each pole,chromosome uncoil, spindle dissolves, cytokinesis. |
| what is meiosis? | meiosis is the process by which cell division that halves the number of chromosomes to form reproductive cells or gametes. |
| what is mutations? | Mutations are changes in DNA that happen randomly and may be inherited by offspring. |
| what does RNA stand for? | ribonucleic acid. |
| true or false, genes are on a chain of DNA? | true. |
| what are chromosomes? | chromosomes is a supercoiled structure made of DNA |
| what does DNA stand for? | deoxyribonucleic acid. |
| what carries DNA information? | chromosomes. |
| true or false, nucleotides are the building blocks of DNA | true |
| what is guanine always paired with? | cytosine |
| what is is adenine always paired with? | thymine |
| true or false, chromosomes always exist in pairs? | true |
| chromosomes are located in the nucleus of every living cell? true or false | true |
| mutations are very rare and not harmful to the organism? true or false | false |
| DNA makes more by itself by..? | breaking thee weak bonds & separating into two separate strands. |
| what does mitosis mean? | its the process of by which cells divide so they can produce more cells. |