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Biology vocab ch.8
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Autosome | A chromosome that is not a sex chromosome |
| Centromere | A region in the chromosome in which two sister chromatids are held together and which is the site of the attachment of the chromosome to the spindle fibers during Mitosis |
| Chromatid | One of two identical parts of a chromosome |
| diploid | cell that contains both chromosomes of a homologous pair |
| haploid | Having only one chromosome of each homologous pair |
| histone | Protein molecule that DNA wraps around during chromosome formation |
| homologous Chromosome | One of a pair of morphologically similar chromosomes |
| Karyotype | Picture of an individual's karyotypes |
| nonhistone | Not a histone |
| Sex Chromosomes | Chromosome that determines sex |
| Anaphase | Phase of mitosis and meiosis in which the chromosomes separate |
| Binary Fission | Asexual cell division of prokaryotes that creates identical offspring |
| Cell Cycle | Events of cell division: includes interphase, mitosis, and cytokinesis |
| Cell Plate | Membranes that divide newly forming plant cells following Mitosis |
| Centriole | Structure that appears during mitosis in animal cells |
| Centrosome | dark body containing centriole in animal cells but not in plant cells; spindle fibbers radiate from this in preparation for mitosis |
| Cleavage Furrow | The area of the cell membrane that pinches in and eventually separates the dividing cell |
| Cytokinesis | The division of the cytoplasm of one cell into two cells |
| Go phase, not GO but G-o | The phase of the cell cycle in which the cell is not dividing and its DNA is not replicating |
| G1 Phase | The first period of interphase, in which cell doubles in size |
| G2 Phase | Final period of interphase, where cell undergoes rapid growth and prepares mitosis |
| Interphase | period of cell growth and deverlopement that precedes eukaryotic cell nuclear division |
| Kinetochore | Disk-shaped protein found in the centromere reguion of a chromosome and attaches the chromosomes to the mitotic spindle |
| Kinetochore fiber | Spindle fiber that extends from the centrosome at one one pole of the cell to a chromatid during mitosis |
| Meiosis | Process of nuclear division that reduces the number of chromosomes in a cell by half |
| Metaphase | Second phase of mitosis during which all of the cell's chromosomes move to the cell's equator |
| Mitosis | Eukaryotic nuclear division |
| Mitotic Spindle | The array of spindle fiber that serve to divide the chromatids during nuclear division |
| M Phase | Mitosis; phase of cell division in which cell nucleus divides |
| Polar Fiber | centrosomes or somein |
| Prophase | 1st stage of mitosis and meisosis, characterized by condensation of chromosomes |
| S Phase | 2nd phase of interphase, in which their is replication of DNA |
| Spindle Fiber | one of micorotubules that extend across dividing eukaryotic cell; assists in movement of chromosomes |
| Telophase | Final stage of mitosis during which nuclear membrane forms around each set of new chromosomes |