Cell Cycle and Mitosis Objectives (Chapter 12)
After reading this chapter and attending class, you should be able to:
1. Define "genome" and state what major events must occur during cell division for the
entire genome to be passed on to daughter cells
2. Describe the process of binary fission in prokaryotes
3. Generally describe the composition of chromosomes and indicate how their structures
change in anticipation of a cell division
4. Using humans as an example of a diploid organism, explain how chromosome number
changes during the life cycle of such an organism
5. List the phases of the cell cycle and describe the general sequence of events that takes
place in each phase
6. Distinguish between interphase and mitosis
7. List the phases of mitosis and describe the events characteristic of each phase
8. Recognize the phases of mitosis from diagrams or micrographs
9. Draw and describe the spindle apparatus of a dividing cell
10. Explain how abnormal cell division of cancerous cells differs from normal cell division