Area of Study 1:  Cell Development

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Outcome:
  • Analyse the cell cycle and cell growth, death and differentiation


The cell cycle and cell growth, death and differentiation

  • Binary fission in prokaryotic cells
  • The eukaryotic cell cycle, including the characteristics of each of the sub-phases of mitosis and cytokinesis in plant and animal cells
  • Apoptosis as a regulated process of programmed cell death
  • Disruption to the regulation of the cell cycle and malfunctions in apoptosis that may result in deviant cell behaviour: cancer and the characteristics of cancer cells
  • Properties of stem cells that allow for differentiation, specialisation and renewal of cells and tissues, including the concepts of pluripotency and totipotency


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