1. Cell Division 1

2. Is Bigger Really Better?
Do bigger organisms have bigger cells?
Why can’t cells get very big?
Bigger cells make it difficult to transport needed materials into the cell. (Surface area to volume ratio).
The nucleus can only control a certain amount of cytoplasm. 2

3. Why Do Cells Divide? Growth. Increase in size.
Differentiation (specialization).
Repair.
Complete or partial regeneration.
Your skin is replaced every 28 days!
Reproduction.
Making a new organism. 3

4. Controlled by human growth hormone.
Produced in pituitary gland in the brain.
What happens if there is a shortage?
Dwarfism. 5

5. Cell division: splitting a single cell into two cells.
When Do Cells Divide?
Cell division: splitting a single cell into two cells.
When? Cells divide when they reach their maximum size.
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6. Growth and preparation. Replication. Dividing into two cells.
The Life of a Cell
Interphase.
Growth and preparation.
Replication.
Dividing into two cells.
Mitosis (the nucleus divides).
Cytokinesis (the cytoplasm divides). 7

7. Section 10-2
G1 phase
M phase
S phase
G2 phase

8. Interphase 90% of the time. G1 (gap 1): cell grows and develops.
S (synthesis): chromosomes and nucleus replicate.
G2 (gap 2): cell makes new organelles for new cell. 8

9. DNA in Cell Division Chromatin: thin, fibrous form of DNA.
Sister chromatids: the chromosomes replicate, condense, and pair up (light microscope).
Centromere: point where sister chromatids attach. 10

10. Mitosis: replicating nucleus. Cytokinesis: cytoplasm divides.
2 Parts to Cell Division
Mitosis: replicating nucleus.
Cytokinesis: cytoplasm divides. 11

11. Prophase. Metaphase. Anaphase. Telophase. (PMAT) 4 Phases of Mitosis12

12. Mitosis
Prophase: chromosomes condense. Mitotic spindles form and attach.
Metaphase: chromosomes align.
Anaphase: sister chromatids are pulled apart.
Telophase: chromosomes uncoil, nuclear envelope reappears. Cytokinesis begins. 13

13. Mitosis and Cytokinesis
Section 10-2
Spindle forming
Centrioles
Chromatin
Centromere
Nuclear envelope
Centriole
Chromosomes (paired chromatids)
Interphase
Prophase
Spindle
Cytokinesis
Centriole
Metaphase
Telophase
Individual chromosomes
Anaphase
Nuclear envelope reforming

14. Mitosis and Cytokinesis
Section 10-2
Spindle forming
Centrioles
Chromatin
Centromere
Nuclear envelope
Centriole
Chromosomes (paired chromatids)
Interphase
Prophase
Spindle
Cytokinesis
Centriole
Metaphase
Telophase
Individual chromosomes
Anaphase
Nuclear envelope reforming

15. Mitosis and Cytokinesis
Section 10-2
Spindle forming
Centrioles
Chromatin
Centromere
Nuclear envelope
Centriole
Chromosomes (paired chromatids)
Interphase
Prophase
Spindle
Cytokinesis
Centriole
Metaphase
Telophase
Individual chromosomes
Anaphase
Nuclear envelope reforming

16. Mitosis and Cytokinesis
Section 10-2
Spindle forming
Centrioles
Chromatin
Centromere
Nuclear envelope
Centriole
Chromosomes (paired chromatids)
Interphase
Prophase
Spindle
Cytokinesis
Centriole
Metaphase
Telophase
Individual chromosomes
Anaphase
Nuclear envelope reforming

17. Mitosis and Cytokinesis
Section 10-2
Spindle forming
Centrioles
Chromatin
Centromere
Nuclear envelope
Centriole
Chromosomes (paired chromatids)
Interphase
Prophase
Spindle
Cytokinesis
Centriole
Metaphase
Telophase
Individual chromosomes
Anaphase
Nuclear envelope reforming

18. Mitosis and Cytokinesis
Section 10-2
Spindle forming
Centrioles
Chromatin
Centromere
Nuclear envelope
Centriole
Chromosomes (paired chromatids)
Interphase
Prophase
Spindle
Cytokinesis
Centriole
Metaphase
Telophase
Individual chromosomes
Anaphase
Nuclear envelope reforming

19. Interphase: growth, DNA replicated.
Prophase: centrioles, mitotic spindle, centromeres.
Metaphase: align in center.
Anaphase: pulling apart.
Telophase: cleavage furrow, daughter cells. 14

20. Some Differences Between Plant and Animal Cell Division
Cleavage furrow (animals) and cell plate (plants).
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21. Sexual vs. Asexual Reproduction
What’s the difference?
Humans have 46 chromosomes (arranged in 23 pairs).
Ameba = 50.
Worm = 36.
Fern = 1010.
Onion = 16.
Do any of these numbers surprise you? 16

22. Sexual Reproduction
In sexual reproduction each parent gives a set of its chromosomes to the offspring.
If two humans (46 chromosomes) mate, how many chromosomes will the child have?
In sexual reproduction haploid cells must be combined. 17

23. Diploid and Haploid
Diploid: a cell with two complete sets of chromosomes. (2n)
Haploid: a cell with one complete set of chromosomes. (n) 18

24. Haploid Cells Normal human cells (diploid) have 46 chromosomes.
How many chromosomes do haploid cells have?
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In humans, haploid cells are used for reproduction (sex cells) and are called gametes (eggs, sperm). 19

25. Remember This Question
If two humans mate, how many chromosomes will the child have?
In sexual reproduction, only gamete cells are used (i.e. they only have one set of chromosomes).
Human diploid cells have 46, haploid have 23.
Male gamete (23) + female gamete (23).
= 46 chromosomes!
This keeps the number of chromosomes the same from generation to generation. 20

26. How Are Gametes Made?
Haploid cells are created through a process called meiosis.
During meiosis, 1 diploid cell divides into 4 haploid cells. 21

27. 8 Stages of Meiosis Prophase II Metaphase II Anaphase II Telophase II22

28. Meiosis Prophase I: pairs attach. Metaphase I: lining up.
Anaphase I: pulling apart.
Telophase I: cytokinesis, two haploid cells are formed. 23

29. Figure Meiosis
Section 11-4
Meiosis I

30. Meiosis, cont. Prophase II: spindle fibers. Metaphase II: lining up.
Anaphase II: pulling apart.
Telophase II: cytokinesis, four haploid cells are formed. 24

31. Figure 11-17 Meiosis II Meiosis II Section 11-4 Prophase II
Metaphase II
Anaphase II
Telophase II
Meiosis I results in two haploid (N) daughter cells, each with half the number of chromosomes as the original.
The chromosomes line up in a similar way to the metaphase stage of mitosis.
The sister chromatids separate and move toward opposite ends of the cell.
Meiosis II results in four haploid (N) daughter cells.

32. Comparing Mitosis and Meiosis
Number of chromosomes is half the original.
Cell is genetically unique.
Cell division takes place twice.
Number of chromosomes remains the same.
New cell is genetically identical to parent.
Cell division takes place only once.
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33. Comparing Asexual and Sexual Reproduction
Offspring comes from combination of two parents (i.e. haploid cells combine).
Offspring is genetically unique.
Offspring comes from a single parent (i.e. the cell splits).
Offspring is genetically identical to the parent. 26

34. Comparing Sexual and Asexual: Which Way Is Better?
If all of our immune systems were exactly the same, what would happen if a fatal virus attacked?
A change in the environment that destroys one individual (such as the arrival of a new disease) would destroy all the individuals.
Having unique individuals protects a species from extinction through environmental changes.
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