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    Biology Mitosis and Meiosis Study Guide    Videos if you want/need them.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0k­enzoeOM  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCLmR9­YY7o    Maybe helpful sites?  http://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm  http://www.cellsalive.com/cell_cycle.htm      1.​        ​ Diagram and label a chromosome.    2.​        ​ Describe the structure of a nucleosome. What is the role of the nucleosome in  supercoiling AND in the regulation of transcription (You will have to check Campbell  Ch

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    REPLICATION WITHIN MITOSIS AND MEIOSIS ABSTRACT The processes of mitosis and meiosis were examined along with their frequency as well as each of the different steps and their time duration. It was found that the interphase stage of both mitosis and meiosis was the longest of all the stages as this was where most of the ‘action’ was happening such as cell growth and duplication of all cell organelles and chromosome replication also. It was also found that mitosis and meiosis have similar stages

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    Somatic cells multiply through mitosis resulting in diploid‚ identical cells and meiosis provides for genetic variability along with haploid daughter cells‚ gametes‚ or sex cells. Most of the cells observed on the root tip were in interphase. Table 3.1 helped analyze the number of cells that are going through each phase of the cell cycle and helped estimate the amount of time it took for each cell to complete that phase. Table 3.2 compared and contrasted mitosis and meiosis. Conclusion: There are

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    Biology (CP8121) Experiment 2: Observing Mitosis and Meiosis on cell specimens (Formal report) Name: Wong Chung An Class: DMLS/FT/1B/02 Admin number: P1138687 Summary This experiment aims to observe mitosis and meiosis on cell specimens. It involves the modelling of the stages of meiosis and also the staining procedures to identify mitosis in onion root tip. There are two parts to the procedure of the experiment whereby the first is staining and observing mitosis in onion root tips and the second being

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    The Process of Mitosis Mitosis is the term used to describe cell division for replication. The product at the end of mitosis is two daughter cells both genetically identical to the original (parent) cell. This process (mitosis) is used for growth and repair within an organism (and also for asexual reproduction). There are five main stages to mitosis‚ called Interphase‚ Prophase‚ Metaphase‚ Anaphase and Telophase. Although the process has been divided up into these stages the process of mitosis

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    contrast the processes of mitosis and meiosis. Discuss the roles and significance of mitosis and meiosis in the | |life of flowering plants and mammals‚ illustrating your answer with examples where appropriate. | Many living organisms in the Earth can continue because of the process of producing individuals called reproduction. Both mitosis and meiosis which are nuclear division in mitotic and meiotic cell division respectively play important roles in reproduction.

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    Meiosis Modeling Activity Background Information Meiosis is the process by which eukaryotic organisms produce egg and sperm having half the genetic information (haploid) of the other cells in the organism’s body (diploid). You will notice some similarities to mitosis but some definite differences in meiosis that result in genetic diversity in the gametes as well as the offspring formed by the eventual fusion of the egg and sperm. Two of the most noted differences in meiosis are that 1) there

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    The Process of Osmosis and its Importance to Living Organisms. Osmosis is the diffusion of water through a semipermeable membrane that does not allow dissolved solids (solutes) to pass. Osmosis refers only to diffusion of water and the direction of movement is from the area of higher concentration to the area of lower concentration. This migration of water from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration is spontaneous and although water molecules move in both directions

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    Observing Mitosis and Meiosis on Cell Specimens Name: Low Celine Tables of Content…………………………………………………………………………….ii List of Illustrations…………………………………………………………………………… iii Synopsis………………………………………………………………………………………. iv 1. Objectives of Experiment………………………………………………………………… 1 2. Introduction……………………………………………………………………………….1 3. Theory…………………………………………………………………………………….. 2 4. Procedures………………………………………………………………………………... 3 5.1 Preparation of Onion Root

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    Lab 3: Mitosis and Meiosis Purpose: The purpose of this lab was to recognize the stages as well as events of mitosis and meiosis in a plant cell or an animal cell. The relative duration of each stage in the cell cycle will also be learned during this lab. By doing this lab we will also create a model of and understand the process of crossing over. This lab also helps students understand the similarities along with differences between mitosis and meiosis. Hypothesis: I predict that

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