1. Mitosis and Meiosis By: Karina Garcia

2. Vocabulary Cell cycle: repeating set of events that make up the life of a cell. Chromosomes: DNA and protein in a coiled, rod shaped form that occurs during cell division. Cytokinesis: is the division of the cytoplasm of the cell Binary fission: division of a prokaryotic cell into two offspring cells.

3. Meiosis and mitosis Meiosis is a process of nuclear division that reduces the number of chromosomes in a new cells to half the number in the original cell. Mitosis is the division of the nucleus, this occurs during cell division. Mitosis is a continuous process that is divided into four phases: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.

4. Question #1 What is the major difference between meiosis and mitosis?

5. Question #2 How many chromosomes do human gametes normally contain?

6. Question #3 During what stage of meiosis do do chromatids separate completely?

7. Question #4 During which stage in mitotic cell cycle is DNA replicated?

8. Citations http://library.thinkquest.org/ C0118084/Test/q1.htmhttp://library.thinkquest.org/ C0118084/Test/q1.htm http://www.ekcsk12.org/facu lty/jbuckley/apbio/meiosistes t.htmhttp://www.ekcsk12.org/facu lty/jbuckley/apbio/meiosistes t.htm