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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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 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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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 is happening in each phase. Mitosis‚ results in identical cells. 46 chromosomes. It is important for: maintenance‚ repair‚ growth‚ and regeneration. The phases of mitosis are prophase‚ metaphase‚ anaphase
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Mitosis and meiosis are both important biological processes that happen within eukaryotic cells. These two processes are slightly different from one another‚ but have a lot of similarities. Before each of these processes can be performed‚ the cell first has to go through interphase. Interphase is considered the primer for mitosis or meiosis and consists of: G1‚ S‚ and G2 phases. These phases prepare the cell for either mitosis or meiosis by causing the cell to grow‚ copy the DNA‚ and copy the cell’s
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Biology (CP8121) Experiment 2: Observing Mitosis and Meiosis on cell specimens (Formal report) Name: Wong Chung An Class: DMLS/FT/1B/02 Admin number: P1138687 Summary This experiment aims to observe mitosis and meiosis on cell specimens. It involves the modelling of the stages of meiosis and also the staining procedures to identify mitosis in onion root tip. There are two parts to the procedure of the experiment whereby the first is staining and observing mitosis in onion root tips and the second being
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Normal cell division meiosis and gamete production via meiosis. Explain why the process of mitosis and meiosis are both important to a living organism. When would an organism need to undergo the process of mitosis? Meiosis? What would happen if meiosis did not occur? Mitosis is the cell process of growth and division whereas meiosis is the process of developing reproductive cells. The sperm and egg are critical components for almost all living organisms. Every living organism begins with one
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are two main types of cell division: (1) mitosis and (2) meiosis. (Balls 34) Most cells are produced by a process called mitosis. In mitosis‚ a cell divides and forms two identical daughter cells. (Prescott 102) Each daughter cell then doubles in size and becomes capable of dividing. Most one-celled plants and animals reproduce by mitosis. (Baserga Biology 56) This is also the way most cells in your body and multi-cellular plants and animals reproduce. Mitosis in animal cells takes place in four orderly
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that are very tricky. They are mitosis and meiosis. Many people often get confused with the two about their functions. They both serve as mechanisms for cell division. However‚ quite significantly‚ they are very much different in fact and occur in different situations. Mitosis and meiosis take place in different places. This is one of the first major differences between the two. Mitosis takes place within somatic cells (cells that make up the body)‚ while meiosis takes place within gamete cells
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ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION HUMAN BIOLOGY Explaining the role of mitosis & meiosis IN GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION Table of Content Page Number Cell division 1 Why do we need cell division? 1 Chromosomes 1 What is a chromosome? 1 The Cell Cycle 2 Process of Mitosis 3 What is Mitosis? 3 Stages of Mitosis 3 Interphase 3 Prophase 4 Prometaphase 5 Metaphase
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