Chapter 19. Investigating Cell Division
Equipment and Materials
You’ll need the following items to complete this lab session. (The standard kit for this book, available from www.thehomescientist.com, includes the items listed in the first group.)
Materials from Kit
None
Materials You Provide
Microscope (oil-immersion if available)
Prepared slide: plant mitosis (onion tip)
Prepared slide: animal mitosis (optional)
Background
The cell division cycle (or cell cycle) is a fundamental biological process. To understand genetics and reproduction, you must first understand cell division. Prokaryotes use simple binary fission, during which one cell splits in two to form two identical cells. The cell cycle in eukaryotes, which we investigate in this lab session, ...
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