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Mitosislab
Mitosislab
Part1DrawingswithExplanations
Part1AnalysisQuestions
1.
2.
3.
ThecellsbegintoreplicatetheparentDNAanddividesbetweendaughtercells.Thishappensfrom
thecellcycleasthecells(Orcell)goesthroughdifferentphasessuchasProphaseandInterphase.
InterphaseisthecellgatheringenergytobeginreplicationofitsDNAandotherCellCycle
processes
Plantcellsbuildcellwallsduringcytokinesisandhavevariousotherorganellesthatanimalcellsdo
not.ThisaswellasAnimalcellshavingacleavagefurrowduringcytokinesisinsteadofawall.
Part1AData
#Cellsin
Field1
#Cellsin
Field2
#Cellsin
Field3
Total
number
%ofTotal Timein
Cells
each
stage
Interphase
80
80
32.4
5.47min*
Prophase
50
100
50
200
49.88
13.6min
Metaphase
14
3.49
.8min
Anaphase
10
16
2.9
1.04min
Telophase
40
41
10.22
2.8min
TotalClass
133
133
14
390
VOID
VOID
*
Notethattherewasnotenoughtimetomeasurethefulltimeforinterphasewhichisusually
thelongeststage.
Part1AAnalysisQuestions
1. Themosttimespentisininterphaseandprophaseduetothecellsneedingtogainall
ofitsenergytobeginthecycle.Ourdatahoweverisslightlyskewedtwoardsprophase
beingthelongest.
2.
Part1b
ChiSquareAnalysis
Hypothesis:Ifwetreatedanonionwithlectinproteinsandobservedtherootundera
microscope,howwouldthedatabedifferentfromouruntreatedoniondatainpartIa?
Control
Treated
Interphase
675
905
MitosisCells
87
181
Total
762
1086
Observed
(o)
Expected
(e)
(oe)
(oe)
squared
(oe)^2/e
Interphase
Cells
905
675
230
52900
78.37
Mitosis
Cells
181
87
94
8836
101.56
#4:4
#Asci
showing
Crossover
TotalAsci
%Asci
Showing
Crossover
Dividedby2
Geneto
centromere
Distance
(MapUnits)
Personal
20
23
43
27%
27mu
Table
64
75
139
27%
27mu
Class
461
608
1069
28.4%
28.4mu
PartII
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