BIOL-101 Chapter Notes - Chapter ch 19-21: Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer, Sickle-Cell Disease, Sister Chromatids

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Life begins as a single celled-zygote formed by gamete union. Mitosis: nuclear division, creates 2 identical daughter cells (mitosis tends to be body cells). Forms somatic (2n) diploid cells, prepares for growth and repair. Meiosis: nuclear division, creates 4 genetically unique cells. Gametes are haploid (n), carrying half the chromosomal information. Occurs in the ovaries or testes (oogenesis or spermatogenesis). Chromosome number is restored after fertilization, as a zygote. Chromosome: tightly coiled dna molecules, mounted on histones (proteins), which control and support gene activity. A gene is a specific segment of dna that directs the synthesis of a protein. Each cell contains 23 homologous chromosome pairs (called homologues). The 23 is the sex chromosomes which are non-homologous in males (versus female xx). Cell cycle: the entire sequence a cell goes through from its orgin to its own division. Cancer cells (oncogenes) utilize uncontrolled cell growth and division.

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