PBIO 1210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: S Phase, Sister Chromatids, Telophase

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Lecture 14: cell cycle cell division 1: mitosis. Duplicating cell components e. g. - dividing cell components into 2 chloroplasts, mitochondria, daughter cells membranes, dna. Cell cycle regulation is crucial for survival: daughter cells must be identical to parent cell. Cancer: cells dividing with incorrect cell cycle regulation, changes to genetic material: time, viruses, radiation or chemicals (carcinogens) Anticancer compounds from plants stop cell division: madagascar periwinkle (vincristine and vinblastine, paci c yew (taxol) Dna is replicated, then cell is divided (mitosis) into 2 daughter cells identical to parents. Plants have at least 1000 times more dna than prokaryotes. Dna is packed and organized into long linear chromosomes. Ploidy is the number of sets of chromosomes in the nucleus of a cell. Characteristic number of chromosomes for each species: humans: 46 (2n=46, wheat: 42. Homologous pairs of chromosomes: contain the same genes for the same traits, one from mom, one from dad.

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