An organism has 8 pairs of chromosomes in each somatic cell. If the reproductive cells that produce the sperm and eggs did not undergo meiosis, how many pairs of chromosomes would be present in a cell that resulted from the fusion of a sperm and egg?

What lines up at the metaphase plate during both metaphase I of meiosis and metaphase of mitosis?

Which of the following is the first step in the sequence of events that happen during apoptosis?

Which of the following is a false statement regarding homologous chromosomes?

Which membrane transport process can continue whether the cell is alive or dead?

What lines up during metaphase II of meiosis and metaphase of mitosis?

Proteins that promote the cell cycle and prevent apoptosis are encoded by

What is responsible for the variation that occurs between the offspring of one set of parents?

You are examining a cell under the microscope that is undergoing cell division and cannot find any asters. What else would be absent in this cell?

When you cut into most active plant tissue, water appears almost immediately because plant cells contain