CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION
CELL CYCLE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Grow
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Die off to make room
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Make a copy of it’s DNA
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Split into two cells
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Compete with neighbor cells
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Detailed explanation-1: -To divide, a cell must complete several important tasks: it must grow, copy its genetic material (DNA), and physically split into two daughter cells. Cells perform these tasks in an organized, predictable series of steps that make up the cell cycle.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cell cycle checkpoints are surveillance mechanisms that monitor the order, integrity, and fidelity of the major events of the cell cycle. These include growth to the appropriate cell size, the replication and integrity of the chromosomes, and their accurate segregation at mitosis.
Detailed explanation-3: -The cell cycle is a four-stage process in which the cell increases in size (gap 1, or G1, stage), copies its DNA (synthesis, or S, stage), prepares to divide (gap 2, or G2, stage), and divides (mitosis, or M, stage).
Detailed explanation-4: -G1 checkpoint is near the end of G1 (close to the G1/S transition). G2 checkpoint is near the end of G2 (close to the G2/M transition). Spindle checkpoint is partway through M phase, and more specifically, at the metaphase/anaphase transition.