BIOL 111

Chapter 12 Review

I. What you should know:

Terms:

• Genome
• Binary Fission
• Somatic Cell
• Gamete
• Chromatin
• Sister Chromatid
• Centromere
• Mitosis
• Cytokinesis
• Meiosis
• Interphase
• Mitotic Spindle
• Kinetochore
• Cleavage Furrow
• Cell Plate
• Ploidy
• Haploid
• Diploid

Concepts:

• Know the phases of the cell cycle and know the events that occur during each phase.
• Know the phases of mitosis (prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase) and what happens during each phase.
• Know what happens to the ploidy of a cell during the cell cycle in general and the cell cycle in particular with respect to DNA quantity and chromosome number. Remember how a chromosome is defined.
• Know when cytokinesis occurs in the cell cycle and mitosis and know its function.
• Know the differences between cytokinesis in animals and plants.

II.    Useful Web Sites:

• Cell Division--Genetic Consequences

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