Assignment: Cell Reproduction
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These are photos of an onion cell root tip with each stages of mitosis labeled. You can use them to
help answer you worksheet questions.
The drawings A-E show stages of mitosis in a plant cell.
Match each of the drawings, A – E, with its stage
_____ interphase (DNA is replicated)
_____ prophase (chromosomes – 2 sister chromatids – shorten)
_____ metaphase (sister chromatids line up)
_____ anaphase (sister chromatids separate)
_____ telophase (new nucleus forms at each end)
_____ cytokinesis (cell contents divided between 2 daughter cells)
The drawing below has been made from a photograph showing a cell undergoing mitosis. Based on the
drawing, in what stage of mitosis must the cell have been in?
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These are photos of a lily anther with each stage of meiosis labeled. You can use them to help
answer you worksheet questions.
Meiosis I
Meiosis II
Using all we have learned, list at least 3 differences between Meiosis and Mitosis