CELL CYCLE QUIZ | EXAMIANS

The cell cycle is controlled in most cells by

a series of checkpoints

cell size (when the cell reaches a certain size, it divides)

time (after a certain length of time the cell divides)

different cells exhibit different control strategies

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Which phase of mitosis is associated with separation of chromatids?

Telophase

Metaphase

Anaphase

Prophase

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Which of the following begins when pairs of sister chromatids align in the center of the cell?

Interphase

Prophase

Anaphase

Metaphase

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Cells which no longer divide (such as certain specialized cells found in the human brain) remain in which phase of the cell cycle?

Prophase

G0 Phase

S phase

Gl Phase

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Microtubules grow from the poles to kinetochores of each chromatid during

telophase

prophase

anaphase

metaphase

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Cdks bind with __________ , enabling the Cdks to function as enzymes.

cyclins

MPF

histones

p53

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A centromere is

another name for kinetochore

the structure to which microtubules attach

a constriction on a chromosome bound to a disk

All of these

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Which of the following from a blood clot stimulates the growth of cells in the healing process?

PDGF

MPF

EGF

NGF

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In which of the following phase preparations for genome separation are made?

G1

M

G2

C

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At the __________ checkpoint, cell growth is controlled.

S

C

G1

G2

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