Cell Division and Cell Cycle

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Cell Division and Cell Cycle: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Phases of Cell Cycle, Interphase, G1 Phase, S Phase, G2 Phase, M Phase, G0 Phase, Cell Division, Cell Cycle, and Amitosis.

Important Questions on Cell Division and Cell Cycle

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What is the longest phase in cell cycle?

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What are the stages of cell cycle?

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What is cell division also known as? Explain.

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In which phase of the cell cycle, cytokinesis takes place.

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A bacterial culture was started with an inoculum of 10 cells. What will be the number of cells at the end of 10 cycles of division, assuming that every progeny cell undergoes division in each cycle?

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Amitosis is shown by bacteria.

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Define amitosis.

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Amitosis usually occur in

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Assertion (A) : Chromosomes are inactive and not transcribed to messenger RNA in phase of apparent division

Reason (R): Cells remains metabolically active but no longer divide in quiescent stage

 

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Duplication of DNA can occur at which phase?

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At what phase of cell cycle the grown up cell divides? (Mitotic / Interphase)

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If a cell has twice as much DNA as in a normal functional cell, it means that the cell:

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It is said that the one cycle of cell division in human cells (eukaryotic cells) takes 24 hours. Which phase of the cycle, do you think occupies the maximum part of the cell cycle, whether it is M phase or interphase?

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Which of the following does not occur in the interphase of eukaryotic cell division?

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Maturation promoting factor (MPF) induces

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The phase of cell cycle during which ‘DNA polymerase’ is functionally active:

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Which phase comes in between the G1 and G2 phase of cell cycle?

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A biochemist measured the amount of DNA in cells growing in the laboratory and found the quantity of DNA in a cell doubled:

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The decision for cell division occurs in

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The correct sequence of different phases of cell cycle is