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    Title: Osmosis and Diffusion Introduction There are two types of nuclear division, mitosis and meiosis. Mitosis is usually used for the growth and replacement of somatic cells, while meiosis produces the gametes or spores used in an organism’s reproduction. Mitosis is the first of these studied in this lab. It is easily observed in cells that are growing at a rapid pace such as whitefish blastula or onion root tips, which are used in this lab. The root tips contain an area called the apical meristem

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    As cells divide and reproduce in two ways, this is known as Mitosis and Meiosis. Mitosis is the process of asexual reproduction, which means the cell divides into two producing another, with an equal numbers of chromosomes resulting in a diploid cell. Meiosis is a type of cellular reproduction where the numbers of chromosomes are reduced by half, because of the separation of homologous chromosomes, which results in the production of two haploid cells. The main purpose for single celled organisms

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    the composition of chromosomes. The final commodity, chromosomes, is what engages in reproduction of offspring. This is done by fertilization, in eukaryotic cells, when they are in a haploid state as fertilization occurs after the process of meiosis. Meiosis is what aids the uniqueness of individuals and, “ensures variation from parent cell when the two gametes are combined to form a diploid zygote (daughter cell) which has genes from both the paternal and maternal sides” (banninghs, 1997), in chromosomes

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    Have you ever wondered how are cells reproducing? It is amazing how all living things are made up of cells, for example, humans have cells, animals, and even plants have cells. I think if cells did not exist, none of the organisms would be alive. Most cells are too tiny and you have to use a microscope to see them, and not all of them look the same. The human body has trillions of cells. We have a lot of different cells in our bodies. There is bone cells, red blood cells, white blood cells, skin

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    There are three types of asexual reproduction known as, budding, regeneration, and parthenogenesis. Budding is the production of new individuals that form from bodies of older animals. Regeneration can either replace a damaged tissue or form another individual. An example of regeneration is flatworms. Lastly, parthenogenesis is the development of the offspring from unfertilized eggs. An example of parthenogenesis is honey bees or ants. In the evolution of sex cells divide because it replaces cells

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    Yahya Bello Homework 1 Mitosis: can be defined as the process of dividing body cells and their nuclei. The body continually produced new cells by splitting from the ones that has already existed. Meiosis: can be defined as a particular form of cell splitting that generates reproductive cells, such as sperm and egg cells, plant and fungal spores. Steps involves in Mitosis Mitosis consists of four basic phases and they include prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. Figure 1 shows the

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    Exam (THIS IS A SAMPLE) - CONTACT PDF.RENTALS@GMAIL.COM FOR ALL CHAPTERS. Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) The creation of genetically identical offspring by a single parent, without the participation of sperm and egg, is called A) regeneration. B) sexual reproduction. C) spontaneous generation. D) asexual reproduction. 2) Which of the following statements regarding sexual and asexual

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    Writing Outline Cell division is the process in which one cell, called the parent cell, divides to form two new cells, referred to as daughter cells. How this happens depends on whether the cell is prokaryotic or eukaryotic. There are differences of cell division for prokaryotes and eukaryotes cells. Cell division is simpler in prokaryotes than eukaryotes because prokaryotic cells themselves are simpler. Prokaryotic cells have a single circular chromosome, no nucleus, and a few other organelles

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    donor can be identified (Moers & et al 1995). Meiosis is a form of cell division that halves the amount of chromosomes in sexually reproducing organisms (Bernstein et al 2011) to form gametes. In meiotic cell division, DNA replication is followed by two rounds of cell division to create four daughter cells, each with half the amount of chromosomes as the parent. Meiosis is split into two round called Meiosis I and Meiosis II and each round of meiosis is made up of four stages called prophase, metaphase

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    telophase: the new cells begin to develop 2. a) How does meiosis introduce genetic variation into offspring? Think about how the chromosomes line up.(1 point) 1 by crossing over in prophase I , 2 , by indpendenent assortment and three by mutations in S phase b) How do the products of meiosis compare to the original cell? Think about chromosome number. (1 point) Meiosis results in four daughter cells (gametes) which have half the number of chromosomes

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