Long-term global warming trend sustained in 2013 1 January 21‚ 2014 Steve Cole‚ NASA Headquarters Leslie McCarthy‚ NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies NASA scientists say 2013 tied with 2009 and 2006 for the seventh warmest year since 1880‚ continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures. With the exception of 1998‚ the 10 warmest years in the 134-year record have all occurred since 2000‚ with 2010 and 2005 ranking as the warmest years on record. Global temperatures have
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AP Biology: Chapter 13 - Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles Overview * The transmission of traits from one generation to the next is called inheritance‚ or heredity * Along with inherited similarity there is also variation * Genetics is the scientific study of heredity and hereditary variation I. 13.1 Offspring Acquire Genes from Parents By Inheriting Chromosomes A. Inheritance of Genes * Parents endow their offspring with coded information in the form of hereditary units
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What are the most prominent differences between the processes of Meiosis and Mitosis‚ and how do they ultimately affect the end results? The most prominent difference between the process of Meiosis and Mitosis is the number of divisions involved: Mitosis only has one major division whilst Meiosis has two. The divisions affect the overall outcome because they have a direct correlation to the number of daughter cells produced-- which is to say‚ the more divisions a cell undergoes‚ the more daughter
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Mitosis/Meiosis Brochure Rubric Teacher Name: Venecia Stewart Student Name: ________________________________________ Directions: Create a booklet or brochure describing the processes of mitosis and meiosis or the cell cycle control system. Make sure that you provide pictures of each phase. If you choose to do the cell cycle‚ make sure that you include the checkpoints as well as descriptions of each phase. Due March 22‚ 2013. CATEGORY 4 (25-20) pts 3 (19-15) pts 2 (14-10) pts 1 (9-0)
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On the other hand‚ meiosis occurs only in germ cells‚ which are put aside for the formation of gametes (sperm and egg). Reproduction by meiosis allows for species survival and it increases genetic variability. The process‚ during which the germ cells are generated is called meiosis. It represents nature’s solution to the problem of chromosome doubling that would occur‚ if two diploid cells‚ i.e. two cells with a double set of chromosomes would fuse. Accordingly does meiosis produce haploid germ
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Meiosis and mitosis are both types of cell division. Cell division is the reproduction of cells‚ and requires the duplication of chromosomes. Mitosis takes place when the nucleus divides. Meiosis is a type of cell division that produces haploid gametes in diploid organisms. Mitosis and meiosis are two very different processes. While meiosis only requires the cell to divide twice‚ the cell only divides once during mitosis. This causes meiosis to produce four cells and mitosis to produce two cells
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Meiosis Review Worksheet Pledge: _____1. If the sperm cell of a fruit fly has 4 chromosomes‚ then the number of chromosomes in each body cell is: a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8 e. 16 _____2. Of the following cells‚ the only one to have the haploid number of chromosomes is: a) skin b)muscle c) nerve d) connective e) ovum _____3. The diploid number is restored as a result of: a) differentiation
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Comparing Mitosis and Meiosis Observe: 1. Organisms have a number of chromosomes in each of their body or somatic cells that is unique for that organism. This is called their diploid or 2n number. 2. Cells go through a cell cycle‚ whereby‚ much of the cycle does not include division‚ but at the end of this interphase in their cycle‚ they go through mitosis. 3. Cells replicate their DNA in the S phase of the cell cycle. 4. In the process of mitosis‚ cells replicate their DNA in the nucleus‚ form
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Meiosis is the separation of a diploid cell in which results in the production of four haploid daughter cells containing half the number of chromosomes that were found in the parent cells. For example‚ the starting number of chromosomes is 46‚ which are paired into groups of two making 23 pairs of chromosomes. The process of meiosis is broken down into two courses: meiosis I and meiosis II. Before the stage of meiosis‚ a cell must undergo a phase described as interphase. Interphase consists of three
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made out of chromatin. Chromatid: Half of a duplicated chromosome. One of two identical attached copies of a replicated chromosome. Centromere: A small region of a chromosome where sister chromatids attach to each other. Important for mitosis and meiosis. The relationship is that each chromosome consists of chromatin. Once replicated‚ a chromosome consists of two identical chromatids‚ which are attached to a section of the DNA called the centromere. 3. List the phases of mitosis and describe what
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