The Cell Cycle

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The Cell Cycle
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The Cell Cycle

• The life cycle of a cell

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Prokaryotic Cells

• Binary Fission means splitting into 2 parts

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Binary Fission
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Eukaryotic Cells

• Have much more DNA (chromosomes)
• --Humans-46 chromosomes
• Potatoes-48
• Fruit flies-8

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CHROMOSOMES
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3 parts of cell division

1. The cell grows copies its organelles DNA
2. Chromosomes separate (MITOSIS)
3. The cell divides and produces 2 new identical
   cells

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