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Cell Division

The cell cycle is an ordered set of events, resulting in cell growth and division into two daughter cells.

  1. In multicellular organisms individual cells grow and then divide via a process called mitosis
  2. Organisms begin as a single cell (fertilized egg) that divides successively to produce many cells
  3. Meiosis is a special type of cell division necessary for sexual reproduction in eukaryotes.
  4. The number of chromosomes pairs in the cell is reduced to half the original number, typically from two sets (diploid) to one set (haploid).
  5. In humans the cells produced by meiosis are the gametes (egg and sperm cells).

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  • Winter Break: The extraordinary story of Henrietta Lacks. Though she died of cervical cancer in 1951, she unknowingly held the key to unlocking medical advancements (from polio vaccines to chemotherapy drugs) in her tumor cells. For this assignment you will listen to a segment of a Radio Lab episode on tumors and answer two writing prompts.

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