The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle and Cancer

Compare and contrast the reasons cell division is important for unicellular (single-celled) and multicellular organisms.

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Provide an example of why cell division remains important to an adult organism even after it is fully developed.

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What is the role of growth factors?

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Cells divide, differentiate, or die. What is differentiation?

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What is apoptosis? Explain its purpose.

Organisms maintain the right number of cells by regulating the cell cycle. What are “cell cycle regulators?

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Name one harmless result of too little cell division.

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Name one harmless result of too much cell division.

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List, in order, the four events we collectively call the “cell cycle.” Next to each event, write the correlating cell cycle phase name.

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What is one potential outcome when errors occur in this highly regulated cell cycle process?

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