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b) If the number of chromatid at the prophase stage of mitosis is 4, how many chromatids/ chromatd are
there at each of the following stages [4 marks]
i. Meiosis anaphase I :
ii. Mitosis late telophase :
iii. Meiosis late telophase II:
iv. Meiosis metaphase II:
a) Choose the diagram [A-F] that best match the following description
[5 marks]
i. Metaphase of mitosis
ii. Anaphase II of meiosis
iii. Replication of DNA
iv. Anaphase of mitosis
v. Arrangement of bivalents at the equator
b) List TWO differences in the behavior of chromosomes in mitosis compared to meiosis
[2 marks]
c) The chromosomes number of a chicken is 78 [3 marks]
i. How many chromosomes does the chicken inherit from each parent?
ii. How many chromosomes are in the chicken’s gamete?
iii. How many chromosomes will be in somatic cell of the chicken?
1. a) Explain the importance of mitosis in unicellular and multicellular organisms [10 marks]
b) With the aid of a labeled diagram, explain the chromosome number reduction from four to two in animal
cell division [10 marks]
1. FIGURE 1 shows chromosomal behavior during two stages of cell division in an organism.
1. FIGURE 1 shows two cells, X and Y, in a flowering plant. The parent cell has 4 chromosomes. Each cell shows
the position of chromosomes. Each cell shows the position of chromosomes during the process of cell division.
a) i. Name the type of cell division that occurs in cell X and Y [2 marks]
ii. Name the stage in cell X and Y that takes place during the cell division [2 marks]
b) What happen to the chromosomes in cell X and Y during the stage in [a] [ii]. [2 marks]
c) How many chromosomes in each daughter cell at the end of the cell division at Cell X and Cell Y.
[2 marks]
d) Give ONE example for cells X and Y [2 marks]
1. a) Discuss the important stages of the somatic cell cycle [14 marks]
b) Discuss the significance of meiosis [6 marks]
1. a) Explain the mechanisms of cytokinesis in animal and plant cells [12 marks]
b) Differentiate between mitosis and meiosis [8 marks]
a) State the stages where the chromosomal behaviors are seen at P and Q [2 marks]
b) Explain briefly how chromosomal behavior differ betweens between prophase I and prophase.
[2 marks]
c) Give THREE importance of mitosis [3 marks]
d) Draw and label a diagram to show stage of anaphase II in animal cell with a diploid chromosome
number 2n= 2 [3 marks]
FIGURE 3
a) Name the structures labeled A, B, C and D. [3 marks]
b) What are the stages shown by I, II and III? [2 marks]
c) Briefly describe the events that happen in I. [2 marks]
d) The cell shown in FIGURE 3 is an animal cell. Give a reason. [1 mark]
7. (a) Explain the main events during G1, S and G2 phases of the cell cycle. [8 marks]
(b) Differentiate between mitosis and meiosis. [12 marks]
(a) i.Identify the stages of cell division for both A and B. [2 marks]
ii. Describe briefly the chromosomal behavior for A [1 mark]
iii. How many chromosomes that each daughter cell of B cell has when cell division
completed? [1 mark]
iv. Name the organelle found in these cells that does not exist in plant cell division? [1 mark]
6. a) Mitotic cell division which occurs in all eukaryotic cells occupies the shortest period of the cell
cycle. Describe the events of all phases in mitotic cell division. [12 marks]
b) Compare mitotic cell division in plant and animal cells. [8 marks]
7. a) Mitosis involved FOUR stages of chromosome division; prophase, metaphase, anaphase and
telophase. Explain the behavior of chromosomes in each stage of mitosis 12 marks]
b) Define cytokinesis. Explain cytokinesis in plant and animal cells. [8 marks]
7. Mitosis is a process in which chromosomes are replicated and divided to obtain two new cells which are
identical to the parent cell. It occurs in both plants and animals.
(a) Describe all stages of mitotic division in an animal cell. [12 marks]
(b) Differentiate mitotic division in plant and animal cell. [8 marks]