Check out the links for the animations regarding Cell Cycle/Mitosis.
 

Cell Cycle:

• Cell Cycle and Mitosis Tutorial, Animation, and Quizzes: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cell_cycle/main.html
• Animation: http://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm
• Side by side comparison with meiosis: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/baby/divi_text.html

Chapter 12 Learning Objectives:

After studying this material you should be able to:

1.      Explain how cell division functions in reproduction, growth, and repair.

2.      Describe the major events of cell division that enable the genome of one cell to be passed on to two daughter cells.

3.      Explain why “cell division” is more accurately described as “cell replication.”

4.      List the phases of the cell cycle and describe the major events that take place within each phase.

5.      Identify the phases of mitosis from diagrams and micrographs.

6.      Draw and describe the mitotic spindle apparatus, including centrosomes, kinetochore microtubules, nonkintochore microtubules, kinetochores, sister chromatids, asters, and centrioles (in animal cells).

7.      Describe the characteristic changes in the spindle apparatus during each phase of mitosis.

8.      Compare and contrast cytokinesis in plants and animals – what are the major similarities and differences?

9.      Describe the internal and external factors that influence the cell cycle control system.

10.  Explain how abnormal cell division of cancerous cells differs from normal cell division using a relevant example.

11.  Differentiate between benign and malignant tumors; describe metastasis and what treatments are currently used to treat some cancers.

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