Assignment 1

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This assignment is due on January 14, 2000. Please write legibly, and show your work for partial credit.

  1. What are the major similarities and differences between mitosis and meiosis?
  2. Explain how cyclin and cyclin-dependent kinases play a role in the regulation of the cell cycle.
  3. Explain what happens in prophase I of meiosis, as shown in Figure 3.20 (Tamarin, pp. 59).
  4. Tamarin, Chapter 9, Problem 4 (pp. 241)
  5. Tamarin, Chapter 9, Problem 6 (pp. 241)
  6. Explain how Meselson and Stahl demonstrated that DNA replication is semi-conservative (be sure to explain what semi-conservative means, too).