NSG 530
Evatee 9/4/24 NSG 530
, NSG 530 EXAM 1
Interphase Answer - cell feeds, metabolizes and grows while replicating DNA in
preparation for mitosis
Prophase Answer - first appearance of chromosomes (will be 92)
Metaphase Answer - Centrioles pull chromosomes to opposite sides of cell
(chromatid) - 46 each side
Anaphase Answer - Centromeres split and sister chromatids are pulled apart
Telophase Answer - New nuclear membrane formed around each group of 46
chromosomes *When it goes right, euploid cells are produced*
Nondisjunction Answer - Error in meiosis in which homologous chromosomes
fail to separate.
Polyploidy Answer - condition in which an organism has extra sets of
chromosomes
Triploidy Answer - when an organism has three copies of every chromsome
instead of two
Tetrapoloidy Answer - euploid has 92 chromosomes and fetus usually does not
survive