Assignment task: Cell Division and Sexual Reproduction Discussions
1. Create-a-Cancer
Pick a feature of cell cycle control or regular cell cycle operation. Describe how it normally works and how an error at this point could cause cancer. For fun, comment on someone else's post by finding a real oncogene or tumor suppressor mutation that can affect the event they chose.
2. Haste Makes Waste!
Pretend you're doing Meiosis, but you're in a hurry. Skip a step in Meiosis I or Meiosis II. Tell us what this would do to the diploid/haploid status of resulting cells.
3. "Wait, that can't be true, can it?"
One of the most important thinking habits is detecting when new information challenges your old assumptions. What's one thing that challenged your beliefs from this chapter?