Daughter cells Mother cell Asexual reproduction – Flashcards
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Daughter cells
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The cells that are produced as a result of mitosis. These cells are identical to each other, and also to the original parent cell.
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Mother cell
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A cell ready to begin reproduction, containing duplicated DNA and centrioles
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Asexual reproduction
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Process by which a single parent reproduces by itself
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Asexual reproduction
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Process by which a single parent reproduces by itself
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Mitosis
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Cells division (PMAT) of the nucleus. Final product is 2 cells that are exactly like the parent cell.
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Binary fission
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A form of asexual reproduction in single-celled organisms by which one cell divides into two cells of the same size
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Cell cycle
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series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide
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Interphase
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Cell grows, performs its normal functions, and prepares for division; consists of G1, S, and G2 phases
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Gap 1 phase
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cell increases in size and prepares to duplicate its DNA
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Synthesis phase
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a cells DNA is copied during this phase. at the end of this phase, each chromosome consists of two chromatids attached at the centromere
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Gap 2 phase
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cell grows and prepares for mitosis
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Mitotic phase
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Stage of the cell cycle when a cell is actively dividing
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Mitosis
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Cells division (PMAT) of the nucleus. Final product is 2 cells that are exactly like the parent cell.
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Cytokinesis
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Division of the cytoplasm during cell division
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Chromatin
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Clusters of DNA, RNA, and proteins in the nucleus of a cell
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Chromosome
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Bodies within the nucleus made in DNA and proteins
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Centromere
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Area where the chromatids of a chromosome are attached
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Sister chromatids
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Replicated forms of a chromosome joined together by the centromere and eventually separated during mitosis or meiosis II.
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Centrioles
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Assist chromosome seperation during cell divison
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Spindle fibers
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Special strands of microtubules which grow out of the centrioles, connect to chromosomes at the centromeres, and pull them apart during (anaphase) of mitosis.
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Prophase
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Chromatin condenses into chromosomes
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Metaphase
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Centromeres of duplicated chromosomes are aligned at plate. Fully formed spindle attach to the sister chromatids from opposite poles
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Anaphase
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Centromeres split
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Telophase
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After the chromosome seperates, the cell seals off, Final Phase of Mitosis.
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Metaphase plate
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An imaginary plane during metaphase in which the centromeres of all the duplicated chromosomes are located midway between the two poles
