BI110 : chapter 8.docx

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Chapter focuses on interplay between three cellular processes: dna replication, cytoskeleton dynamics, cell cycle checkpoints . All cells originate from pre-existing cells through the process of cell division. The cycle of cell growth and division: an overview. During mitotic cell division, dna replication is followed by equal separation (segregation), of the replicated dna molecules and their delivery to daughter cells. Process ensures that two cell products of a division have the same genetic information as the parent cell entering division. Growth and maintenance of body mass in multi-celled eukaryotes. Cell cycle: a period of growth followed by nuclear division and cytokinesis. Chromosomes of eukaryotic cells are individual, linear dna molecules with associated proteins. Dna replication and the duplication of chromosomal proteins convert each chromosome into a structure composed of two exact copies known as sister chromatids. Replication occupies most of the cell cycle in rapidly dividing prokaryotic cells. Replicated chromosomes are distributed actively to halves of the prokaryotic cell.

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