The weeks that came before the winter break, we learned about meiosis and mitosis. We also talked about enzymes and the reactions they produce. There are two types of enzymes that take place with an enzyme are dehydration reaction and hydrolysis. Dehydration is when a new monomer is being a chain in a polymer, while hydrolysis is when a monomer is being released from a polymer chain and an amount of water is being consumed.
The human body contains 46 chromosomes total. Through the process of meiosis, the cell only contains 23 chromosomes. When it undergoes meiosis the two cells come together to form a complete set of chromosomes. Mitosis is the process that is associated with the sexual reproduction of cells, when the cells divide and the two daughter cells are identical. Cells that go through this process, are identical because an unfertilized egg develops into an embryo using its two sets of maternal chromosomes.
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