front 1 Why do some species employ both mitosis and meiosis, whereas other species use only mitosis?
| back 1 They need both if they are producing plant gametes. Ex. The production of gametes in plants is a function of both mitosis and meiosis. The form of cell division that produces animal gametes is meiosis, not mitosis. |
front 2 A human bone marrow cell, in prophase of mitosis, contains 46 chromosomes.
| back 2 True |
front 3 Which of the following is true of kinetochores?
| back 3 They are sites at which microtubules attach to chromosomes. |
front 4 G1 follows cell division.
| back 4 True |
front 5 In some organisms, such as certain fungi and algae, cells undergo the cell cycle repeatedly without subsequently undergoing cytokinesis. What would result from this?
| back 5 large cells containing many nuclei |