What is growth?

• How can you measure growth?
• Do all organism grow in the same manner?
• How do they differ

Do Cells multiply or divide?

How does mitosis relate to DNA replication and cytokinesis?

How would you experimentally relate mitosis to DNA replication and cytokinesis?

Why is it important that gametes have one-half of the DNA of somatic cells?

What are spores? and How are spores produced?

Would you double the DNA if you needed to get one-half the amount?

Why is the DNA doubled before Meiosis?

Text iGenetics by Peter J. Russell

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by Kenneth G. Wilson,
Professor of Botany
Miami University
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