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Chapter 2.3
How Cells Reproduce
Cell Reproduction
All
organisms, including you, begin
life as a single cell.
One
cell divides into two cells, those
two cells divide into two cells.
This
is how you have grown to your
present size.
Stretch Your Mind
Starting
from one cell, how many
hours do you think it would take if a
cell divides every hour to make one
million cells?
Estimate,
Then calculate!
Regeneration
Many
living things are able to grow
new body parts to replace damaged
or missing parts.
This
ability to replace body parts is
called regeneration.
Can
we regenerate?
Human Regeneration
We
cannot grow a new arm or leg,
but when we scrape our skin or
break a bone, our bodies regenerate
the skin or bone to heal ourselves.
The cells in your skin wear out
quickly and only live for days or
weeks.
The nerve cells can last a lifetime.
Examples
Lizards
can grow a new tail
Lobsters, newts, tadpoles, and
insects can grow new legs.
Deer shed antlers each year and regrow them.
Plants can re-grow their roots.
Mitosis
How
You
does one cell become two?
must observe the nucleus of the
cell.
Some will not look like dark circles
anymore but will have threadlike
objects.
These are called chromosomes.
They only become visible when a cell
is about to divide.
Mitosis
Chromosomes
contain the cell’s
genetic material, or DNA. DNA
contains the instructions for new
cells to have the characteristics of
the parents.
Mitosis is the process of when
genetic material duplicates and
divides into two identical sets of
chromosomes.
The two new cells are called
Daughter cells.
How rapidly do cells divide?
Different
cells divide a different
Bacterial
cells divide once every 20
rates.
minutes.
Frog Embryos divide in about an
hour.
Liver cells divide only once every 200
days.
Cells and Cancer
Cancer
cells divide at a far greater
rate than normal cells and they
spread to other parts of the body.
“Mitosis gone Wild”
Cancer can be caused by the
environment or personal habits.
Treatments are most successful in
early detection.
Review
What
are chromosomes?
What is mitosis?
Give an example of regeneration?
Why do cells of a multicellular
organism continue to reproduce even
after the organism is fully grown?
Review
How
is a daughter cell like the
original cell from which it formed?
How can you tell from a cell’s
appearance alone whether the cell is
undergoing mitosis?
APPLY: What evidence do you have
that some cells in your body are
dividing?