Growth and development

Abstract

After reading this chapter you should be able to:

• describe the growth process and identify the types of growth in living organisms

• describe the structure and contents of the cell nucleus

• understand the process in which cells divide by mitosis

• explain the difference between mitosis in plant and animal cells

• understand the structure of genetic material, DNA, and the functions of m-RNA and t-RNA

• compare the seeds of monocotyledon and dicotyledon flowering plants

• understand metamorphosis in insects and the frog

• explain the advantages of dormancy

• describe the growth regions in plants and animals

• understand how to measure growth in different ways

• plot growth curves

• describe the factors that affect growth