Campbell Biology Plus Mastering Biology with Pearson eText - Access Card Package (11th Edition)
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Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece
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Chapter 12, Problem 11TYU
EVOLUTION CONNECTION The result of mitosis is that the daughter cells end up with the same number of chromosomes that the parent cell had. Another potential way to maintain the number of chromosomes would be to carry out cell division first and then duplicate the chromosomes in each daughter cell. Assess whether this would be an equally good way of organizing the cell cycle. Explain why evolution has not led to this alternative.
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Campbell Biology Plus Mastering Biology with Pearson eText - Access Card Package (11th Edition)
Ch. 12.1 - How many chromosomes are drawn in each part of...Ch. 12.1 - WHAT IF? A chicken has 78 chromosomes in its...Ch. 12.2 - How many chromosomes are shown in the illustration...Ch. 12.2 - Compare cytokinesis in animal cells and plant...Ch. 12.2 - During which stages of the cell cycle does a...Ch. 12.2 - Compare the roles of tubulin and actin during...Ch. 12.2 - A kinetochore has been compared to a coupling...Ch. 12.2 - MAKE CONNECTIONS What other functions do actin...Ch. 12.3 - In Figure 12.14, why do the nuclei resulting from...Ch. 12.3 - How does MPF allow a cell to pass the G2 phase...
Ch. 12.3 - MAKE CONNECTIONS Explain how receptor tyrosine...Ch. 12 - Differentiate between these terms: chromosome,...Ch. 12 - In which of the three phases of interphase and the...Ch. 12 - Explain the significance of the G1, G2, and M...Ch. 12 - Through a microscope, you can see a cell plate...Ch. 12 - Vinblastine is a standard chemotherapeutic drug...Ch. 12 - One difference between cancer cells and normal...Ch. 12 - The decline of MPF activity at the end of mitosis...Ch. 12 - In the cells of some organisms, mitosis occurs...Ch. 12 - Which of the following does not occur during...Ch. 12 - Cell A has half as much DNA as cells B, C, and D...Ch. 12 - The drug cytochalasin B blocks the function of...Ch. 12 - VISUAL SKILLS The light micrograph shows dividing...Ch. 12 - DRAW IT Draw one eukaryotic chromosome as it would...Ch. 12 - EVOLUTION CONNECTION The result of mitosis is that...Ch. 12 - SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY Although both ends of a...Ch. 12 - WRITE ABOUT A THEME: INFORMATION The continuity of...Ch. 12 - SYNTHESIZE YOUR KNOWLEDGE For selected answers,...
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