BISC 101 Lecture Notes - G2 Phase, Spindle Apparatus, Nuclear Membrane

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All living organisms are comprised of cells. (approximately 2 x 1014 cells = 200 trillion). All cells are derived from pre-existing cells. Organisms may be single-celled organisms (amoeba/bacteria) or multiple cells. Cell features: structure, function, reproduce (cell division), cell cycle. Purpose: for reproduction to produce new cells, growth and development of organisms, for repair of any damaged cells. Cell division must give rise to genetically identical. Division of nucleus -> mitosis -> cytokineses (division of cytoplasm). Simplest form of cell division is in bacteria (binary fission). Multicellular organisms and components of the cell cycle: Cell cycle: the two-phase cycle during which a cell replicates its dna, divides, and then goes through the processes necessary to replicate dna, etc. Cell cycles can vary in duration from 8 minutes to 1 year, though the general duration is around 24 hours for fast dividing mammal cells. The two phases of the cell cycle are interphase and mitosis.

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