BIOL 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Cell Cycle, Sister Chromatids, Dna Replication

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The continuity of life is based upon the reproduction of cells, or cell division. Multicellular organisms depend on cell division for: development from a fertilized cell, growth, repair. Is an integral part of the cell cycle (but not the only part) Cell division results in genetically identical daughter cells. Cells duplicate their genetic material before they divide, ensuring that each daughter cell receives an exact copy of the genetic material, dna. A cell"s e(cid:374)dow(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of dna, its ge(cid:374)etic i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) is called its ge(cid:374)o(cid:373)e. The dna molecules in a cell are packaged into chromosomes. Eukaryotic chromosomes: consist of chromatin, a complex of dna and protein that condenses during cell division. In animals: somatic cells have two sets of chromosomes. Soma=body: gametes have only one set of chromosomes. In preparation for cell division dna is replicated and the chromosomes condense. Each duplicated chromosome has two sister chromatids, which separate during cell division.

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