Failure of Which Cell-Cycle Checkpoint Is Most Likely to Result

question 8

Multiple Choice

Failure of which cell-cycle checkpoint is most likely to result in nondysjunction?

• A)chromosome-segregation checkpoint
• B)DNA-damage checkpoint
• C)unreplicated DNA checkpoint
• D)dysreplicated DNA checkpoint

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Definitions:

Electra Complex

The daughter’s love for her father and wish for her mother’s death; attributed to Carl Jung.

Oedipus Complex

The male child’s love for the mother and wish for the father’s death during the phallic stage.

Anal-retentive Personality

A term derived from Freudian theory indicating a person who is excessively orderly, perfectionistic, and rigid, often stemming from early toilet training experiences.

Anal-expulsive Personality

A psychoanalytic concept that suggests a personality type characterized by messiness, carelessness, and a lack of self-control, believed to originate from certain experiences in early childhood.