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B4.3 A cell division and growth
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- 1What are the two main phases of the cell cycle?interphase and mitosis
- 2What happens during the interphase?The cell grows larger, organelles are copied, and each chromosome is copied.
- 3What happens during mitosis?Chromosome copies are separated, the nucleus divides, and then the cell divides in two.
- 4When a new cell is made, what characteristics does it share with the parent cell?They have the same number of chromosomes, and the same organelles.
- 5How does cell division and growth sometimes lead to cancer?mutations in genes lead to uncontrollable cell division. The cell then divides many times by mitosis , eventually forming a tumour.
- 6What is meant when a tumour is malignant?When cells leave the tumour causing tumours elsewhere.
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