Cell Division, Reproduction & Development — Chapter overview · Life Science: Biology, Grade 10
Connect chromosome continuity, variation, regulated growth, and specialization.
Chapter question
How can division preserve information while reproduction and development produce differences?
Units in this chapter
- Unit 5.1 · Mitosis & the Cell Cycle
I can describe the stages of the cell cycle and the four phases of mitosis.
- Unit 5.2 · Meiosis & Sexual Reproduction
I can compare meiosis and mitosis and explain how meiosis produces haploid gametes.
- Unit 5.3 · Differentiation, Growth & Cell-Cycle Control
I can explain how similar genomes can support different cell functions.
- Unit 5.4 · Reproduction & Development
I can connect meiosis and fertilization with chromosome-number continuity.