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Mitosis lab report exercise biology, Assignments of Cellular and Molecular Biology

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Marina Perez
04/18/2023
The Great Divide (of Cells)
Abstract
This lab exercise is composed of drawings for visual representation and understanding.
Unlike previous lab activities this is not an experiment that requires the use of
scientific methods or hypothesis testing. The purpose of this assignment is to
grasp the concepts of the various stages in the mitotic cell cycle.
Introduction
In the life of a cell, there are many cellular processes. The cell cycle is a process by
which the nucleus and its genetic information is divided to produce an identical
copy of itself. In this lab, the cell cycle being observed will contain examples of
interphase in mitosis. Interphase is made up of three parts, G1, S and G2. Mitosis
is made up of five parts, prophase, prometaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
Eukaryotic organisms contain a lifecycle with genetic information that is able to
be efficiently replicated without losing any DNA. When one cell divides into two
cells, mitosis is responsible for the distribution of two complete sets of
chromosomes. For mitosis to happen first interphase must copy each chromosome
and sister chromatids
Methods
Answer the following questions:
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The Great Divide (of Cells)

Abstract This lab exercise is composed of drawings for visual representation and understanding. Unlike previous lab activities this is not an experiment that requires the use of scientific methods or hypothesis testing. The purpose of this assignment is to grasp the concepts of the various stages in the mitotic cell cycle. Introduction In the life of a cell, there are many cellular processes. The cell cycle is a process by which the nucleus and its genetic information is divided to produce an identical copy of itself. In this lab, the cell cycle being observed will contain examples of interphase in mitosis. Interphase is made up of three parts, G1, S and G2. Mitosis is made up of five parts, prophase, prometaphase, anaphase, and telophase. Eukaryotic organisms contain a lifecycle with genetic information that is able to be efficiently replicated without losing any DNA. When one cell divides into two cells, mitosis is responsible for the distribution of two complete sets of chromosomes. For mitosis to happen first interphase must copy each chromosome and sister chromatids Methods Answer the following questions:

In humans how many chromosomes are in the cell prior to mitosis? How many chromosomes are in each cell that is produced by mitotic cell division in humans? (Marion, 2018) Draw G1 as it would look if the DNA were artificially condenses into chromosomes, and if the nuclear envelope were artificially removed (Marion, 2018). Draw G2. Draw metaphase. Draw anaphase. Answer the question: How does the genetic information in the original cell represented in G1 differ from the cell represented in anaphase? Observe onion root tip cells, and draw the mitotic cell division as it appears under the microscope. Results

  1. In humans there are 23 homologous pairs of chromosomes prior to mitosis.
  2. By the end of mitosis, there are 46 chromosomes produced by the mitotic cell division and humans. Illustrations of the following stages of the mitotic cell cycle sketched and labeled.
  1. Genetic information represented in the two daughter cells being formed in anaphase differ from the parent cell represented in interphase because it has half of the DNA.

Discussion Sister chromatids are produced when the interphase divides the DNA molecule into two identical copies. A homologous pair of chromosomes consists of one chromosome from a sperm and one from an egg for each pair. The same gene may be present in homologous pairings, and distinct alleles are also present. Sister chromatids are exact replicas of one another. References Biology 211 cellular and organismal biology, New Mexico State University 12th edition, Amy L. Marion, Laura Lowell Haas, Ralph W. Preszler.