Biology: B2 - Cell Division Combined Science AQA
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- Biology: B2 - Cell Division
- Cell Division
- In body cells, chromosomes are found in pairs.
- Body cells divide in a series of stages called the cell cycle.
- During the cell cycle, the genetic material is doubled. It then divides into two identical nuclei in a process called mitosis.
- Before a cell can divide, it needs to grow, replicate the DNA to form two copies of each chromosome and increase the number of sub-cellular structures.
- Finally, the cytoplasm and cell membranes divide to form two identical cells.
- Before a cell can divide, it needs to grow, replicate the DNA to form two copies of each chromosome and increase the number of sub-cellular structures.
- During the cell cycle, the genetic material is doubled. It then divides into two identical nuclei in a process called mitosis.
- Mitotic cell division is important in the growth, repair and development of multicellular organisms.
- Growth and differentiation
- In plant cells, mitosis takes place throughout life in the meristems found in the shoot and root tips.
- Many types of plants cells retain the ability to differentiate throughout life.
- Most types of an animal cell differentiate at an early stage of development.
- Stem Cells
- Embryonic stem cells (from human embryos) and adult stem cells (from adult bone marrow) can be cloned and made to differentiate into many different types of cell.
- Treatment with stem cells may be able to help conditions such as paralysis and diabetes.
- Stem cells from plant meristems are used to produce new plant clones quickly and economically for research, horticulture and agriculture.
- Stem Cell DIlemmas
- Treatment with stem cells, from embryos and adult cell cloning may be able to help conditions such as diabetes.
- In therapeutic cloning, an embryo is produced with the same genes as the patient so the stem cells produced are not rejected and may be used for medical treatment.
- The use of stem cells has some potential risks and some people have ethical and religious objections.
- Cell Division
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