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What is metazoans?
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many cell divisions required to generate new organism from fertilized egg
2
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What are certain features of cell division?
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prokaryotes: faithfully replicate
Yeast: replicated DNA must be accurately distributed to daughter cells
Animal: most duplicate their macromolecules and organelles and double in size before they divide
3
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Meiosis vs Mitosis
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Mitosis: - division of genetic material that produces daughter cells genetically identical
- accompanied by cytokinesis(division of cytoplasm into 2 cells
-asexual reproduction
Meiosis: -division of genetic material to produce daughter cells with half the hereditary material in the parent cell
-production of gametes
- sexual reproduction
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