MHC (major histocompatability complex) - Answers a group of proteins expressed
on the surface of vertebrate cells that
form an important part of the acquired
immune system and allow cells to
recognize foreign molecules
contagious cancers - Answers Canine Transmissible Veneral Disease
Leukemia-like cancer in soft-shell clams
Contagious reticulum cell sarcoma
Diploid - Answers two sets of chromosomes
Haploid - Answers one set of chromosomes
What are haploid cells in humans? - Answers egg and sperm
How many chromosomes do humans have? - Answers 46 chromosomes: 44 autosomes and 2 sex
chromosomes
Cycle of cell division - Answers G0--->G1--->S---->G2---->MITOSIS---->CYTOKINESIS
G0 - Answers some cells stay in this phase until induced to divide. normal cellular function
G1 - Answers the chromosomes remain extended so genes can be accessed
S - Answers The chromosomes replicate and consist of two identical sister chromosomes
G2 - Answers cell double checks in duplicated chromosomes for error, making any needed repairs.
Mitosis - Answers cell division in which one cell divides to produce 2 daughter cells, each with the
identical genetic information of the parent cell
Stages of mitosis? - Answers prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
prophase - Answers the chromosomes condense
pro-metaphase - Answers chromosomes condense further and each chromatid develops a kinetochore
that attaches to microtubules
metaphase - Answers the chromosomes line up at the equator of the dividing cell
, anaphase - Answers the spindle pulls the chromosomes apart. The sister chromatids are then dragged to
opposite ends of cell.
telophase - Answers the chromosomes uncoil and the nuclear membrane reforms, completing
chromosome segregation
cytokinesis - Answers the cytoplasm of the two daughter cells divides.
interphase - Answers G1, S, G2
TRUE/FALSE: Researches have determined that DFTD is transmitted among Tasmanian devils by a virus. -
Answers False, why?
Duplication of chromosomal DNA happens during the __________________ of the cell cycle. - Answers S
phase
During mitosis, sister chromatids are separated during: - Answers anaphase
Apoptosis - Answers when a cell sustains irreparable damage it commits suicide
Benign tumor - Answers this is not cancer
malignant tumor - Answers this is cancer
Is cancer a genetic or hereditary disease? - Answers genetic because cancer arises from the
accumulation of genetic changes
tumor suppressor gene - Answers brakes on cell growth
proto-oncogenes - Answers gas pedals on cell growth
oncogene - Answers gene that has the potential to cause cancer
Gain-of-function mutation - Answers produces a new trait or causes a trait to appear in inappropriate
tissues or at inappropriate times in development.
Loss-of-function mutation - Answers produces a new trait or causes a trait to appear in inappropriate
tissues or at inappropriate times in development
Meiosis - Answers Cell division in which one diploid germ cell produces four haploid daughter cells
Stages of meiosis - Answers , prophase 1, metaphase 1, anaphase 1, telophase 1 and cytokinesis,
prophase 2, metaphase 2, anaphase 2, telophase 2 and cytokinesis
prophase 2 - Answers the nuclear envelope breaks down and spindles reform
metaphase 2 - Answers sister chromatids line up on the metaphase plate