Title: Week 4 - Unit 1.6_ Cell Division
Course: Biochemistry

Introduction

Cell division is the process in which one cell, called the parent cell, divides to form two new cells, referred to as daughter cells. How this happens depends on whether the cell is prokaryotic or eukaryotic. Most prokaryotic cells divide by the process of binary fission. While Eukaryotic cells are more complex with multiple membrane bound organelles and a nucleus that holds multiple chromosomes, cell division in eukaryotes is a multistage process, called Mitosis and Meiosis.

Expectations

You will get knowledge on how the Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cell divide, and how these processes are regulated.

Course outline

 Prokaryotic cell division: binary fission

Eukaryotic cell division : Mitosis – Meiosis

Cell Cycle regulation

Cancer

Learning outcomes

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

- Describe the process of binary fission
- Describe the process of mitosis and meiosis
- Compare and contrast mitosis and meiosis I
- Define and explain the following terms : Cytokinesis , Chiasma and Crossing-over
- Distinguish the role of checkpoints in the control of the cell cycle.
- Describe cancer in terms of the cell cycle control.