During division, chromatin condenses by tight coiling into chromosomes, may be visible in light microscope. Mitosis Process of cell division. Machinery can handle large numbers of chromosomes, from 2 to over 1000. Meiosis Specialized cell division that reduces chromosome set by half. Necessary for sexual reproduction.
Membranes are in common dynamic flux, pinch off and move to other regions.
Elaborate machinery for targeting and moving proteins around the cell. Organelles Cell structures such as mitochondria, chloroplasts. Eventually, organelles lost ability to exist as separate organisms, cannot be separated from cell and survive independently. Will discuss in lecture on bacterial taxonomy. View light micrograph of yeasts from Univ.