Campbell Biology, Books a la Carte Plus Mastering Biology with eText -- Access Card Package (10th Edition)
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Author: Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson
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Chapter 12, Problem 14TYU
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Shown here are two HeLa cancer cells that are just completing cytokinesis. Explain how the cell division of cancer cells like these is misregulated. Identify genetic and other changes that might have caused these cells to escape normal cell cycle regulation.
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Campbell Biology, Books a la Carte Plus Mastering Biology with eText -- Access Card Package (10th 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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