The Fantastic Voyage
Research 2- The Cell Cycle
CompiledbyEmilyClarkson
Duplicating Cells
Everycellhasits6me;itgrows,works,[Link] organism,[Link] mitosiscanoccur,anumberofchangesmusttakeplaceinacellbeforeitcansplitintotwo [Link].
The Cell Cycle- Interphase
ThecyclebeginsonthisdiagramatG1.G1isaperiodofgrowthinthecell,maturingand [Link](DNASynthesis).Thecellcreatesanexact [Link] G2.ThesethreephasesG1SPhaseandG2allcomeundertheMitosisperiodnamed InterphaseItmakesupthemajorityofacellslife.Thenextfewstagesseethecellac6vely duplicatetoformadaughtercell.
The Cell Cycle- Prophase
ThebeginningoftheMstageofthecycle(otherwiseknownasMitosis)isknownasProphase. HeretheDNAchromosomescoilandcondense,sotheycanbeclearlyseenunderamicroscope. TheyappearxshapedandareknownasChroma6ds(seenmoreclearlyontheillustra6oninthe nextstage)Thechroma6dscompriseofapairofiden6calchromosomes,producedinthe synthesisstage.Atthis6methenucleolus(thedensepartofthenucleus)[Link] organellesknownascentriolesbegintomigrate,sothatoneislocatedoppositetheother,atpole endsofthecell.
Nucleus
DNA
Centrioles
The Cell Cycle- Metaphase
FollowingProphasecomestheMetaphase.Atthisstagetheen6renuclearmembranebreaks [Link] membranealsogiveswaytothespindles.Thespindlesare6nymicrotubules,producedbythe centrioles,nowateitherendofthecell.Thosespindleslatchontothecentresofthechroma6ds, [Link] Anaphase.
Chroma6d Spindle Centriole
The Cell Cycle- Anaphase
Anaphaseistheperiodinwhichthecentriolespullawayfromeachother,theirspindlespulling [Link],theybare iden6calgene6cinforma6on.Thecentriolespullthetwoiden6calpairsawayfromeachotherto oppositeendsofthesamecellreadyforthenalpartofthedivisionintotwoiden6calcells.
SisterChroma6ds
Chromosome Spindle Centriole
The Cell Cycle- Telophase
Telophaseisthenalstep.Thetwocompletesetsofgene6cinforma6onhavenucleus [Link] seenunderamicroscope.Thecytoplasmcon6nuestodivideun6lafullcellisformed,resul6ngin apairofiden6calcells,[Link] cellsbegintogrowbackattheG1stage
DNA Nucleus Centriole
Cytoplasm
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