Human Heredity: Meiosis: It's Me!
Mitosis: Growing and Going!
Meiosis is a special type of cell division that produces genetically unique sperm and egg cells. This unit will describe how this special division occurs, and why it is important.
Mitosis is the type of cell division which results in growth and development of multicellular organisms, regeneration and repair of injured tissues, as well as reproduction in unicellular organisms. Cancers occur when the processes controlling mitosis run amok.
Essential Vocabulary: mitosis, meiosis, homologous chromosomes, sister chromatids, haploid, diploid, karyotype, chromosome, centromere, chromatin, spindle, tetrad, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis, gamete mutation, independent assortment, homologous recombination
The videos below describes the processes of replication, meiosis and mitosis.
Mitosis: Growing and Going!
Meiosis is a special type of cell division that produces genetically unique sperm and egg cells. This unit will describe how this special division occurs, and why it is important.
Mitosis is the type of cell division which results in growth and development of multicellular organisms, regeneration and repair of injured tissues, as well as reproduction in unicellular organisms. Cancers occur when the processes controlling mitosis run amok.
Essential Vocabulary: mitosis, meiosis, homologous chromosomes, sister chromatids, haploid, diploid, karyotype, chromosome, centromere, chromatin, spindle, tetrad, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis, gamete mutation, independent assortment, homologous recombination
The videos below describes the processes of replication, meiosis and mitosis.
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Bionumbers.org article with table on the turnover/lifetime of cells. Milo et al. Nucl. Acids Res. (2010) 38: D750-D753.
http://book.bionumbers.org/how-quickly-do-different-cells-in-the-body-replace-themselves/ |
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