Brooks Biological Principles Exam 3 Questions With Correct Answers

Mitosis - duplication of cells through asexual reproduction Mitosis is not synonymous with - cell division What organisms go through mitosis? - single-celled prokaryotes and single-celled eukaryotes Where does mitosis take place? - somatic cells Product of mitosis - 2 identical diploid daughter cells Purpose of Mitosis - growth, repair, and asexual reproduction Cell Division - process by which a parent cell duplicates its genetic material and then divides into two similar cells Cytokinesis - the duplication and division of the cytoplasm in a cell Product of cytokinesis - new cell walls or plasma membranes for each daughter cell When does cytokinesis occur? - telophase Mitosis without cytokinesis results in - cells with more than one nucleus Example of mitosis without cytokinesis - plasmodium/slime mold Ploidy - number of the kinds of chromosomes found in a species What is the ploidy for humans? - diploid and 46 chromosomes (23 pairs) What is the ploidy for bacteria? - diploid and 46 chromosomes Haploid (n) - 1 set of each kind of chromosome Diploid (2n) - 2 sets of each kind of chromosome (paternal and maternal)