Unit+4-+DNA+and+the+Cell+Cycle

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** BIG IDEA 2: Biological systems utilize free energy and molecular building blocks to grow, reproduce, and to maintain dynamic homeostasis. ** ======

[|DNA Replication] [|DNA Repair] **Target VIII:** Describe the importance of mitosis in single-celled and multi-cellular organisms in terms of function, chromosome number of daughter cells and location. [|All About Mitosis] **Target IX:** Describe the events occurring during the three phases of interphase: G1, S and G2. [|Cell Cycle (G1, S, G2)]
 * Target VI:** Explain the process of replication and repair. Explain the differences between replication of the leading and the lagging strands. Include the terms: Okazaki fragments, semiconservative, telomeres, telomerase, replication fork.