Unit 6: cell division biology test |66 Questions and Answers 2023 Solved Correctly

repair -replacement -growth - Why do cells divide? Genome - The entire collection of an organisms DNA Sex chromosomes - Chromosomes that determine an individual's gender Autosomes - Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome Hermaphrodites - Have both male and female parts 46 chromosomes - The amount of human body cell chromosomes 23 pairs - The amount of pairs of chromosomes human have Chromosome - A threadlike, Gene carrying structure found in the nucleus Chromatin - What is each eukaryotic chromosome made of? Chromatin - A complex of DNA and its associated histone proteins Interphase - The periods when the cell is not dividing. Cell metabolic activity is high, chromosomes are duplicated and cell size increasesSister chromatids - -Two identical copies of DNA making up a replicated chromosome -the additional copy of DNA is formed during s-phase of the cell cycle -joined by the centromere G0 - Non dividing stage where the cell has left the cell cycle -cell doing its normal daily job -most cells in the body are in this stage