Cell cycle and mitosis

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Fruit fly body cells have 8 chromosomes. After mitosis, you would expect a resulting fruit fly daughter cell to have ...

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8 chromosomes.

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How many chromosomes are normally found in human body cells?

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46

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What is the purpose of Mitosis?

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Growth of an organism and repair of damaged tissue

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The cell cycle is ______________.

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the sequence of stages of growth and division that a cell undergoes

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Replication is when __________.

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the cell makes a copy of its DNA in nucleus 

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In what organelle is the genetic material found? Options: Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Complex, Protein, Nucleus

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Nucleus

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In mitosis, the two resulting cells are

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identical to the starting cell and identical to each other.

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Uncontrolled cell division which usually leads to tumors and disease is called:

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Cancer

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Mitosis results in the formation of...

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Two identical cells with all of the original chromosomes

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Why is DNA important?

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It provides the instructions/blueprint for a cell.