Chromosome 13 Chromosomes are organized structures of DNA and protein found in a cell. There are normally 46 chromosomes in a human cell- 23 pairs. You should get 23 from your mother’s egg & another 23 from your father’s sperm. Sometimes these chromosomes can encounter a problem. The two main problems being deletion of a chromosome or an extra chromosome. Chromosome 13 is a chromosome that everyone has a pair of. It normally takes up about 3.5-4% of the total DNA in cells. There are
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Chromosomes Mutations With the exception of the mother’s egg cells or the father’s sperm cells‚ every cell in the normal human body contains 23 pairs of chromosomes‚ totaling 46 in each cell called the diploid number. According to The Human Genome project there are over 30‚000 genes in every cell‚ spread unevenly across the chromosomes. Of the 23 pairs of chromosomes‚ one member is inherited from the mother‚ and one from the father. Members of each pair are called homologous. The first 22 pairs
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Mitosis and Meiosis Purpose To understand the cell cycle and mitosis and how these two processes function within an organism. To understand meiosis and how this process produces gametes. Mitosis All cells in your body complete a cell cycle in which they grow‚ divide and‚ eventually‚ die. The cell cycle consists of four phases: G1‚ S‚ G2‚ and M (Figure 1). Each phase is associated with a specific cellular function: typically growth‚ synthesis‚ and division. The G1‚ S‚ and G2 phases comprise
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Sex Chromosomes Introduction Few people every wonder or care about their gender and why they are male or female.. Sex-determination system is a complex but fascinating progress‚ especially within reptiles‚ birds and insects. All living organisms begin with one eukaryotic cell; inside the nucleus of each cell contain thread-like structures called chromosomes. Chromosomes are once theorized to be derived from autosomes (chromosomes that are not sex chromosomes) and have changed into specific
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proteins) condenses into chromosomes. Each replicated chromosome comprises two chromatids‚ both with the same genetic information. Microtubules of the cytoskeleton‚ responsible for cell shape‚ motility and attachment to other cells during interphase‚ disassemble Pro Metaphase: - nuclear envelope breaks down- no longer a recognizable nucleus. Mitotic spindle fibers elongate from the centrosomes and attach to kinetochores‚ protein bundles at the centromere region on the chromosomes where sister chromatids
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Meiosis I Prophase I: - nuclear membrane dissolves * centrioles move to poles * spindle fibres forming * DNA has been replicated and forms chromosomes made of 2 identical chromatids * Homologous chromosomes line up to form a bivalent‚ 2 chromosomes or 4 chromatids (TETRAD)‚ this process is called SYNAPSIS * Where chromatids overlap is called a CHIASMATA‚ and it allows for CROSSING OVER of genetic information between chromosomes Metaphase I: - homologous chromosomes
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Interphase Prophase I Early Prophase I D.N.A coils tightly and individual chromosomes become visible as single structures Homologous chromosomes become associated in synapsis. Each pair of chromosome is called a bivalent. Centrioles divide and move to the opposite poles of the cell‚ and spindles start to form Late Prophase I The bivalents duplicate to form tetrads (four-chromatid groups).The nuclear membrane disintegrates. Chromosomes join at points called chiasmata where crossing over
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Meiosis Worksheet On the lines provided‚ order the different stages of meiosis I THROUGH meiosis II‚ including interphase in the proper sequence. 1. 4th metaphase I homologous chromosome line up in the center of the cell 2.5th anaphase I spindle fibers pull homologous pairs to ends of the cell 3. 9th Telophase II 4 haploid (N) daughter cells form 4. 1st interphase cells undergo a round of DNA replication 5.7th anaphase II sister chromatids separate from each other 6. 6th Telophase I 2 haploid
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Mitosis & Meiosis In science class this week‚ we’ve been learning about cell reproduction. What is Cell division? What is Mitosis? What is Meiosis? How are they alike? How do they differ? All of these amazing questions will be answered‚ if you decide to read on. The Cell Cycle A life cycle begins with an organism’s formation‚ followed by its growth and development‚ and the production of offspring that will repeat the cycle‚ before ending in death. Right now‚ I am in a stage in the life
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Mitosis and Meiosis I. These two processes function to pass chromosomes from one cellular generation to the next in a very carefully controlled manner. II. Mitosis and Meiosis are both correctly described as nuclear division; they are never correctly called cell division‚ or any kind of reproduction. It is possible (and often quite normal) for nuclei to divide when cells don’t. And organisms reproduce; nuclei and cells divide. III. Mitosis A. Mitosis is the division of a nucleus
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