BIOL133 K006 MITOSIS LAB COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ In the lab, we viewed an _____ root hair slide.
Answer: allium (or onion)
◉ What are the three different zones of the root tip.
Answer: zone of cell division, zone of elongation, and zone of
maturation
◉ end of the root tip is called a _____.
Answer: root cap
◉ root cap:.
Answer: protects the root, and helps guide it, as it is pushed through
the soil.
◉ Zone of Cell Divsion.
Answer: the actively dividing cells of the root meristem (closest to
the root tip)
◉ Zone of maturation (differentiation).
, Answer: where the cells differentiate into specialized cells
◉ miotic index.
Answer: measure of the proliferation status of a cells population
---- # of cells undergoing mitosis/ # of cells overall
◉ Phase interval.
Answer: taking the mitotic index and multiplying it by the cell cycle
in minutes.
◉ What are the stages of mitosis?.
Answer: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
◉ What three stages make up interphase?.
Answer: G1, S, G2
◉ Interphase:.
Answer: cell is undergoing a period of growth and preparing for
division.
◉ Interphase (G1).
GUIDE WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ In the lab, we viewed an _____ root hair slide.
Answer: allium (or onion)
◉ What are the three different zones of the root tip.
Answer: zone of cell division, zone of elongation, and zone of
maturation
◉ end of the root tip is called a _____.
Answer: root cap
◉ root cap:.
Answer: protects the root, and helps guide it, as it is pushed through
the soil.
◉ Zone of Cell Divsion.
Answer: the actively dividing cells of the root meristem (closest to
the root tip)
◉ Zone of maturation (differentiation).
, Answer: where the cells differentiate into specialized cells
◉ miotic index.
Answer: measure of the proliferation status of a cells population
---- # of cells undergoing mitosis/ # of cells overall
◉ Phase interval.
Answer: taking the mitotic index and multiplying it by the cell cycle
in minutes.
◉ What are the stages of mitosis?.
Answer: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
◉ What three stages make up interphase?.
Answer: G1, S, G2
◉ Interphase:.
Answer: cell is undergoing a period of growth and preparing for
division.
◉ Interphase (G1).
