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Gen Bio 2nd Q
Gen Bio 2nd Q
Gen Bio 2nd Q
* two trillion cells are produced by the adult human body each day, 25million new cells per second
- Allows organisms to reproduce asexually, grow, and repair worn-out or damaged tissues (cell replacement)
Cell Replacement
- occurs when old cells in the body dies and new cells form.
- cell devision occurs in the red bone marrow of our bones such as in the ribs, breastbone, vertebrae, and hips
to continuously make new blood cells to replace dying ones
Asexual Reproduction
- it is the production of offspring from a single parent without the involvement of gametes.
- meanwhile, sexual reproduction involves two specialized cells, called gametes, coming from the parents that will
result to a unique offspring
- the offspring is genetically identical with each other and to the single parent
- Binary fission, in this process, an organism duplicates its genetic material, or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA),
and then divides into two parts (cytokinesis), with each new organism receiving one copy of DNA.
*Chromatid refers to each strand of the duplicated chromosomes. Together they are called sister chromatids, which are
held together by centromere, a region of condensed pinched chromosomes. — center of centromere, group of proteins
called kinetochore: attached to a long spindle fibers.