Most cells in your body (and those of all other living things) spend most of their lives in interphase. Liver cells are detoxifying the blood, nerve cells are sending and receiving electrical impulses, skin cells are forming a barrier to the outside world and protecting your inside bits and pieces.
During interphase, cells are going through their normal daily cell routines. The cell cycleĪll cells go through the life stages that we call the cell cycle. In lab, you’ll model these processes with models and practice using the necessary terms to keep track of chromosomes! To prepare, you’ll read the general information on how these processes work so you can come to lab ready to apply your knowledge and see mitosis under the microscope.
If you are having trouble with these processes, this lab should help. How many chromosomes are involved in each process? Where did the chromosomes come from what happens to them how does it happen and why is it necessary for all these things to take place? And, perhaps most importantly, how can I remember all this stuff? This lab is designed to make sense out of eukaryotic cell division. Many questions often arise when learning these processes. The processes by which cells divide are complicated and there are a lot of details to remember.
