Chapter 10 Notes: Cell Growth & Division

Section 10.1: Cell Growth

Why are cells so small?

  1. DNA “Overload”:
  2. Difficult to exchange materials:

Why is Surface Area (SA) to Volume (V) ratio (SA/V) so important?

  1. Cells require…
  2. As a cell grows,…

How big can a cell get?

What does it do when it reaches this size?

  1. Stop…
  2. Divide…
  3. Process is called…
  4. Step 1: DNA Replication & Division—
  5. Step 2: Fission—

What is the difference between asexual & sexual reproduction?

  1. Asexual—
  2. Offspring…
  3. Easier to do, …
  4. Sexual—
  5. Offspring is…
  6. Harder to do, …

Section 10.2: Cell Divison:

Prokaryotic Chromosomes:

  1. Only contain…
  2. They also…

Prokaryotic Cell Division A.K.A.

-Step 1: DNA Replication

  • Each of the…

-Step 2: Fission

  • The mother cell…

Eukaryotic Cell Division:

-Step 1: Mitosis

  • This is the…
  • Each daughter cell…
  • Has…

-Step 2: Cytokinesis

  • This is the…

What is a chromosome?

-Condensed…

-A cell’s DNA…

-The 3 billion base pairs…

What is the diploid (2n) of Homo sapiens? ____ Canis familiaris? ____Drosophila melanogaster? ____Zea mays? ____ S. cerevisiae? ____ Penicillium species? _____

Chromosome Structure:

  1. Has…
  2. Each side of…
  3. Sister chromatids…

Centromeres…

  1. Kinetochores…

Chromosome Structure (the confusing parts)

  1. Chromatin…
  2. Chromosomes…
  3. When the chromatids…

The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle:

-2 Main Phases

  • Interphase
  • M-Phase

-Interphase:

  • Growth Phase 1 (G1-Phase)
  • Synthesis Phase (S-Phase)
  • Growth Phase 2 (G2-Phase)
  • Cell Produces…
  • Centrioles…
  • “Spell Checks”…

-M-Phase:

  • Mitosis—
  • The 4 Mitotic Phases (PMAT):
  • Cytokinesis—

-The Mitotic Phases:

  1. Prophase:
  2. Chromatin…
  3. Nuclear Envelope…
  4. Centrioles…
  5. Mitotic Spindle…
  6. Metaphase:
  7. Chromosomes…
  8. Nuclear Envelope…
  9. Centrioles…
  10. Spindle…
  11. Anaphase:
  12. Centromeres…
  13. Kinetochores…
  14. Chromosomes…
  15. Telophase:
  16. Opposite of…
  17. Chromosomes…
  18. Nuclear envelope…
  19. Spindle…

-Cytokinesis:

  • Occurs…
  • Actual division…

-Animal Cells:

  • Starts with…
  • Cleavage furrow…

-Plant Cells:

  • Starts with…
  • Cell plate…

-How often can cells divide?

  • About…
  • Known as…

-How does this happen?

  • Telomeres…
  • After 50 cell ÷…

-How is the cell cycle controlled in multicellular organisms?

  • Contact Inhibition:
  • Cells will divide…
  • Internal & External Growth Factors:
  • Cyclins-
  • Internal Regulators-
  • External Regulators-
  • Apoptosis—a.k.a.
  • The cell basically
  • The pieces are…
  • Apoptosis…
  • Many cells…
  • Many cancers…

-Uncontrolled Cell Growth (Cancer):

  • Cancer cells do not respond…
  • Their telomeres…
  • The Hayflick Limit…
  • The P53 Gene…
  • Function P53 recognizes…
  • When it malfunctions…
  • The carcinogens in tobacco smoke…

-What are stem cells?

  • They are…

-Types of embryonic stem cells:

  • Totipotent:
  • Can develop…
  • Only the fertilized egg & first few cells…
  • Pluripotent:
  • Found in…
  • Can turn into…
  • The ICM…

-What are adult stem cells?

  • These stem cells…
  • Called multipotent because…