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A detailed description of the biology chapter The Mitotic Cell Cycle. Involving all necessary information that covers the 9709 AS level biology syllabus.

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Chapter 5 The mitotic cell
->

cycle



Growth and reproduction
·




Cells reproduce by dividing and
passing on
copies of their
genes to
daughter cells .



This process
·




controlled so vital information
must be no
genetic is lost .




·




Nucleus divides before a cell divides , therefore each DC contain it's own nucleus

·




All cells in multi cellular
organisms are
genetically identical except, gametes ,
because
they all come from I cell
,
the
Zygote
·




The Zygote goes under nuclear division , mitosis
,
followed by cell division this ,
is the mitotic cell cycle




Chromosomes

·




Structure of a chromosome




essential for division

Double
·




Structure


Chromatid 1
·




of C identical parts of a chromosomes


There are two chromatids because during interphase each DNA molecule in a nucleus


makes identical of itself
(sister chromatids) an
copy




DNA
·




is the molecule of inheritance and is made up of series of
a
genes .




·




DNA molecules ,
one in each of the Sister chromatids are identical , so
genes too

·




When cells divide , one chromatid
goes into one daughter cell and one in the other , making them identical .

A precise
·




scaffolding made of protein molecules prevents the DNA from
being tangled ,
DNA is wound around the outside



Chromatin -


Combination of DNA and proteins


Most proteins react DNA
·



basic , histones ,
are
easily with




The cell
cycle
Mitosis
·




is nuclear division that produces two genetically identical daughter nuclei , with same number of chromosomes .




·




Cell Sequence division until
-



of events that takes place from
Cycle one cell .
the next


↳ :
3 phases Interphase nuclear division/mitosis division /
, ,
cell
Cytokinesis .

, Interphase
·




Cell grows to it's normal Size after division and carries out it's normal functions


S phase
·




At Some
point during interphase ,
a
Signal may be received that the cell should divide again so the DNA in the nucleus replicates so



each chromosome consists of 2 identical chromatids .

·




G phase Cells make the RNA ,
enzymes and the other proteins needed for
growth At . the end , the cell becomes committed to
dividing or not .




r




& phase cell continues to
grow and DNA that made
during Sphase is checked . Errors repaired and preparations made
-



new was are are




to
begin division .


M
·




phase (nuclear division) growth stops temporarily during mitosis
-


.




The Mitotic cell cycle


After the M phase when the nucleus is divided into two , the whole cell divides to create


two identical cells
genetically .




In
-




animal cells, cell division involves the constriction of the cytoplasm between the

two nuclei , process called Cytokinesis .


In plant cells
-




,
it involves the formation of a new cell wall between the two nuclei .




Mitosis




As the cell changes shape the
,
surface area of the cell increases



as the two new cells form , so new cell membrane is made .




Plant cells differ in 2
:
way

1) Don't contain centrosomes


2) After nuclear division a new cell wall must form between


daughter nuclei

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