The document describes the stages of mitosis - prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase - and key events that occur during each stage such as crossing over in prophase and separation of chromosomes in anaphase. It then compares and contrasts mitosis and meiosis, noting differences in the number of cell divisions, chromosomal duplications, daughter cells produced, and chromosome number in daughter cells between the two processes. The purpose and importance of cell division through mitosis and meiosis is also summarized.
The document describes the stages of mitosis - prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase - and key events that occur during each stage such as crossing over in prophase and separation of chromosomes in anaphase. It then compares and contrasts mitosis and meiosis, noting differences in the number of cell divisions, chromosomal duplications, daughter cells produced, and chromosome number in daughter cells between the two processes. The purpose and importance of cell division through mitosis and meiosis is also summarized.
The document describes the stages of mitosis - prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase - and key events that occur during each stage such as crossing over in prophase and separation of chromosomes in anaphase. It then compares and contrasts mitosis and meiosis, noting differences in the number of cell divisions, chromosomal duplications, daughter cells produced, and chromosome number in daughter cells between the two processes. The purpose and importance of cell division through mitosis and meiosis is also summarized.
The document describes the stages of mitosis - prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase - and key events that occur during each stage such as crossing over in prophase and separation of chromosomes in anaphase. It then compares and contrasts mitosis and meiosis, noting differences in the number of cell divisions, chromosomal duplications, daughter cells produced, and chromosome number in daughter cells between the two processes. The purpose and importance of cell division through mitosis and meiosis is also summarized.
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TASK 1 MODULE 2
PROPHASE - One of the most significant events that occurs during prophase is crossing over. The genetic variation is mostly due to crossbreeding. Crossing over is the process of genetic material being exchanged between two homologous chromosomes using the recombinase enzyme.
PROMETAPHASE - During prometaphase, the nuclear envelope, the physical membrane that encloses the nucleus, breaks down. The creation of a protein called a kinetochore around the centromere, the central point connecting the sister chromatids, is another critical event during prometaphase.
METAPHASE - Metaphase is a stage of a human's body. The mitotic spindle pulls the chromosomes together at the metaphase plate. Microtubules from opposite spindle poles capture the two sister chromatids on each chromosome. The spindle has captured all of the chromosomes and lined them up in the center of the cell, ready to separate, during metaphase.
ANAPHASE - Each pair of chromosomes is divided into two equal, distinct chromosomes during anaphase. The mitotic spindle is a device that separates the chromosomes.
TELOPHASE - The nucleolus reappears and enlarges, the daughter nuclei expand to their interphase size, chromatin decompensation results in a brighter presence of the nuclei with phase-contrast optics, and a period of accelerated, postmitotic nuclear migration during which the daughter nuclei become located prior to septum formation are the key events of telophase. TASK 2 (COMPARE AND CONTRAST MITOSIS AND MEIOSIS)
MITOSIS MEIOSOS
Type of cell Eukaryotic cells Haploid
Number of cell 1 2 divisions
Number of chromosomal 1 1 duplications
Number of daughter cells 2 4 produced
Number of chromosomes in 46 chromosomes (diploid cells) 23 chromosomes (haploid cells) daughter cells
The daughter cells have genetic diversity
Genetic The daughter cells have the same due to crossover in prophase I and relationship of genetic profile as the parent cell. independent assortment that occurred daughter cells to Diploid cells are found in both during meiosis I. Daughter cells are parent cell daughter and parent cells. haploid cells and the parent cell is a diploid cell.
Each daughter cell receives a mix of
Mitosis is a cell division process that chromosomes from the two sets in the results in daughter cells that are parent cell during Meiosis I. In addition, Genetic genetically similar to their parents. before they are separated, the relationship of The cell copies - or'replicates' - its chromosomes in each matched pair each daughter chromosomes, then evenly divides exchange certain genetic material in a cells the copied chromosomes such that mechanism known as crossing over. In each daughter cell has a complete sperm and egg cells, these mechanisms collection. result in new gene combinations.
Mitosis is a process that allows a
cell to produce more cells that are Meiosis is a method of cell division that genetically identical to the parent creates four gamete cells by halving the Purpose and cell. It is essential for the number of chromosomes in the parent importance of development of embryos as well as cell. For sexual reproduction, this cell division the growth and development of our process is necessary to create egg and bodies. Mitosis creates new cells sperm cells. and removes old, lost, or destroyed ones. Task 3
