Problem:
Question 1: Meiosis and mitosis are both processes that involve nuclear division. What is the difference between the two?
Question 2: The centromere is a region in which:
a)chromatids remain attached to one another until anaphase.
b) metaphase chromosomes become aligned at the metaphase plate.
c) chromosomes are grouped during telophase.
d) the nucleus is located prior to mitosis.
e) new spindle microtubules form at either end.
Question 3: Which of the following does not occur during mitosis?
a) condensation of the chromosomes
b) replication of the DNA
c) separation of sister chromatids
d) spindle formation
e) separation of the spindle poles.
Question 4: What is the relationship between interphase and cell division? (Why are they both needed?)
Give reasoning with your answer.