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Mitosis and Meiosis

The document discusses mitosis, meiosis, and sexual reproduction. Mitosis is the division of somatic cells while meiosis divides gametes. Sexual reproduction involves the combination of male and female reproductive cells to form offspring with genetic material from both parents.

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Mitosis and Meiosis

The document discusses mitosis, meiosis, and sexual reproduction. Mitosis is the division of somatic cells while meiosis divides gametes. Sexual reproduction involves the combination of male and female reproductive cells to form offspring with genetic material from both parents.

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Mitosis and Meiosis Sexual Reproduction

Mitosis:-division of somatic (body) cells -A parent organism produces one or more new
organisms that are identical to the parent and live
Meiosis-division of gametes (sex cells) independently of the parent
Interphase Binary Fission is a form of asexual reproduction that
 Cell preparing to divide occurs in cells that do not contain a nucleus
(Prokaryotes)
 Genetic material doubles
Sexual Reproduction
Prophase
 Type of reproduction in which two parent cells
 Chromosome pair up
(male and female reproductive cells) combine
 Chromosomes thicken and shorten
to form offspring with genetic material from
o -become visible
both cells.
o -2 chromatids joined by a centromere
 Each species of living things has
 Centrioles move to the opposite sides of the
a characteristic number of chromosomes.
nucleus
 Humans have 23 pairs, for a total of 46
 Nucleolus disappears
chromosomes.
 Nuclear membrane disintegrate

Metaphase

 Chromosomes meet in the middle!


 Chromosomes arrange at equator of cell
 Become attached to spindle fibres by
centromeres
 Homologous chromosomes do not associate

Anaphase

 Chromosomes get pulled apart


 Spindle fibres contract pulling chromatids to the
opposite poles of the cell

Telophase

 Now there are two!


 Chromosomes uncoil
 Spindle fibres disintegrate
 Centrioles replicate
 Nucleur membrane forms
 Cell divides

Metaphase

 Chromosomes meet in the middle!


 Chromosomes arrange at equator of cell
 Become attached to spindle fibres by
centromeres
 Homologous chromosomes do not associate

Meiosis

 4 daughter cells produced


 Each daughter cell has half the chromosomes of
the parent
 2 sets of cell division involved

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