BIOLOGY 151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Sister Chromatids, Spindle Apparatus, Homologous Chromosome
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Homologous chromosomes- they have alleles for same genes at speciic loci. (unatached) Sister chromaids of duplicated chromosomes have same alleles for each gene. (2 atached chromaids) G1 is the longest phase of the cell cycle. Mitosis- in reverse order -cytokinesis, telophase, anaphase, metaphase, pro-metaphase, prophase. Start of with homologous chromosomes- s phase 2 homologous chromosomes each with two sister chromaids. And the chromaids are connected at the centromere. Mitosis is the soring process so that all the daughter cells get the right chromosomes. Mitoic spindle spindle ibers with anchors on both sides of the cell that are formed at the end of g2 right before mitosis starts. Prophase- chromosomes have already replicated, to produce 12 chromaids, joined as six pairs of sister chromaids. Chromaids condense into highly compacted structures that are readily visible by light microscopy. Prometaphase- mitoic spindle completely formed during this phase, centrosomes move apart and demarcate the two poles. Kinetochores- the center of the pair of chromsomes.