Answers.
cells reproduce by ________________ - Answer cell division
parent cell normally gives rise to two daughter cells during ___________________ - Answer
cell division
parent cell normally gives rise to __________ daughter - Answer 2
Each daughter cell receives a complete set of _______________ - Answer DNA information
The DNA information that each daughter cell receives includes what 5 things? - Answer
chromosomes
cytoplasm
genes
non-coding regions
nucleotides
# of _____________ varies by species - Answer chromosomes
is parceled out evenly between two cells - Answer cytoplasm
the units of inheritance, specific segments of DNA - Answer genes
exons - Answer genes
copied and pasted on - Answer non-coding regions
introns - Answer non-coding regions
specific sequence of ______________ are "instructions" - Answer nucleotides
what is included in a nucleotide? - Answer phosphate
, base
sugar
required for growth and development - Answer cell division
process by which organism's cells grow larger or increase in number - Answer mitotic cell
division
the repeating pattern of divide, grow, differentiate, and then divide again - Answer cell cycle
daughter cells may ______________, becoming specialized for specific instructions - Answer
differentiate
most multicellular organisms have three categories of cells: - Answer stem cells
permanently differentiated cells
other cells capable of dividing
2 important characteristics of stem cells: - Answer self-renewal
the ability to differentiate into a variety of cell types ("wildcards")
stem cells can self-renew because they retain the ability to _____________, perhaps for the
entire life of the organism - Answer divide
is the prevalent form of reproduction - Answer sexual reproduction
by mitosis produces genetically identical offspring - Answer asexual reproduction
by meiosis shuffles the genes to produce genetically unique offspring - Answer sexual
reproduction
the ultimate source of variation
Most are neutral, some are harmful
Raw material for evolution
Gives rise to new alleles - Answer mutations