First, a few clicker questions

Day 9 February 9 Chapter 5 + 6

Exam 2 2/22 Last time, we talked about cloning so let s talk more in depth about what it means to duplicate cells.

READ 3, 4, 5, 6

Biologywithtechnology.com
1. The website adds a lot to the class, and I like having all the resources available to me. 2. I like having the website better than using Springboard. 3. I would prefer you to use Springboard 4. I would prefer not to have technology in this class at all.

Amy s teaching style

1. I can clearly see Amy and hear her during lectures 2. I can hear Amy, but I can t see what s going on 3. I can see what s going on, but I can t hear Amy 4. Class is not important, I can get everything I need from reading the website and my book.

My grades:
1. I know I m going to get a good grade in this class, and I earned it by working hard. 2. I know I m going to get a good grade in this class, because it s super easy. 3. I know my grade is going to be passing, and I don t care. 4. I m going to fail, this is too hard, I feel totally lost. 5. I m going to fail because I could care less.

The clickers are:

1. Kinda fun, add to my grade, I like to see other student s answers. 2. It took a while, but I got the hang of it. 3. I still don t know how to use my clicker. 4. I want to throw this freaking clicker off a bridge!!!!

Is it possible to clone a dinosaur? How could it be done?

A chicken dinosaur? Scientists discover what the bird might have look liked in prehistoric times

A dinosaur chicken is
1. FREAKING AWESOME!!! 2. Interesting 3. Whatever 4. Holy cow, that s scary! What if the dinosaur chickens take over the world?

We should pursue cloning in animals but not humans.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Strongly agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly disagree

Chapter 6: Chromosomes and Cell Division

Continuity and variety

Lectures by Mark Manteuffel, St. Louis Community College; Clicker Questions by Kristen Curran, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Bladder Cancer cells

6.1 Immortal cells can spell trouble: cell division in sickness and health.
Once you are fully grown, do you have just one set of cells that live as long as you do?

Telomeres
(Like a car s odometer)

The telomere is like a protective cap at the end of the DNA. Every time a cell divides, the telomere gets a bit shorter.

At birth, the telomeres in most human cells are long enough to support about 50 cell divisions

Is there a Fountain of Youth?

How might telomere length be affected in a cloned animal like Dolly the sheep?
1. Telomeres might be normal. 2. Telomeres might be normal. 3. Telomeres might be length. 4. No telomeres would longer than shorter than of normal be present.

How might telomere length be affected in a cloned animal like Dolly the sheep?
1. Telomeres might be normal. 2. Telomeres might be normal. 3. Telomeres might be length. 4. No telomeres would longer than shorter than of normal be present.

Cancer
These are cells that rebuild their telomeres after each cell division, restoring the protective cap, never stop dividing

Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die.

Harold Pinter

Mitosis has just one purpose:

To enable cells to generate new, genetically identical cells. There are two different reasons for this need: 1. Growth 2. Replacement

Preparation for Mitosis: The Chromosomes Replicate

Animal chromosomes are linear. So why do they look like the letter X in pictures?

Sister Chromatids

A chromosome and its identical replicated copy, joined at the centromere.

Tumor Growth

unregulated cell division

Cancer cells have several features that distinguish them from normal cells, including

Benign and Malignant Tumors

Why is the treatment for cancer often considered as bad as the disease?

6.10 Sexual reproduction requires special cells made by meiosis.

Meiosis
gametes diploid haploid maintains a stable genome size in a species

Meiosis achieves more than just a reduction in the amount of genetic material in gametes. You have two copies of every gene!

Meiosis has two important features:

1. It reduces the amount of genetic material in gametes. 2. It produces gametes that all differ from each other with respect to the combinations of alleles they carry.

6.11 Sperm and egg are produced by meiosis: the details, step-bystep.
Mitosis occurs almost everywhere in an animal s body. Meiosis only occurs in one place. Where?