Mitosis and Meiosis Analogy

INTERPHASE 1 Joe needs to make copies of 2 of his colleges work for them. To make the copying go faster, he puts the work from his colleges together to copy at the same time. PROPHASE 2 Joe makes 2 different spots on the table for the separate pieces of work to go when they are done being copied to keep organized. MITOSIS ANALOGY METAPHASE 3 He then gets the papers ready to be copied by lining them up in the middle of the copying tray so that they are duplicated properly. ANAPHASE 4 5 6 When the work is done being copied, Joe separates the 2 different colleges work into separate piles. TELOPHASE Joe then walks to his college's offices carrying the 2 piles of work but keeping them separate by holding one pile in one hand, and the other pile in the other. CYTOKENISIS He returns the work and the copies of it to the right person in their different offices. MITOSIS ANALOGY Explanation paragraph This analogy works for mitosis because it shows all the different phases in a unique way. The 2 different colleges work being put together represents the DNA duplicating in the nucleus for interphase. When “joe” makes 2 different spots on the table that represents when the centrioles form and go to separate ends of the cell. When he lines the papers up in the middle in represents when the DNA lines up in the middle of the cell. Anaphase is represented when the work is done being copied and joe separates the 2 different peoples work. Telophase is when he walks to the different office which is when the cell is separating, and cytokinesis is when he returns the copies representing the cell completely dividing. Jimmy gathers all his ingredients to start baking his cupcakes for his family gathering. 1 MEIOSIS ANALOGY 2 3 5 4 He pours the 2 bowls of batter into cupcake molds to prepare them for the baking process. He starts by mixing the ingredients for his cake from the original recipe while doubling the recipe and adding some ingredients that are not on the original recipe to make his cakes unique. Jimmy’s OCD gets to him, and he ensures all of his ingredients are prepared to start making the icing. He divides the batter into 2 separate bowls to make it easier to pour the batter, without spilling it all over his counter. Jimmy cuts the cupcakes in half, so everyone can get a cupcake at his family gathering, then starts to mix the ingredients for his icing. Jimmy then lines up the cupcakes on a platter lined with parchment paper to get them ready to be iced. Jimmy separates the icing into 2 bowls. He dyes one of the bowls of icing blue and the other bowl pink and proceeds to spread each icing on 1 quarter of all the total cupcakes. He keeps 1 quarter of the leftover cupcakes and gives the other 3 quarters away to the rest of his family having everyone leave the family gathering happy. 9 10 11 7 8 Jimmy lets the cupcakes rest on a cooling rack to ensure that the cupcakes get the best result from the baking process. While he lets the cupcakes rest, he prepares all of his ingredients that he will need to make the icing. 6 MEIOSIS ANALOGY Explanation paragraph This Analogy works for Meiosis because each step in the baking process is tied with a phase from Meiosis. In the first step, Jimmy is getting ready to bake cupcakes for his family gathering. Though it may not be the most detailed explanation, getting the ingredients to start baking something can be or even just feel like the longest step in the process. The Interphase is the longest phase in the eukaryote cell cycle. In the first prophase, Jimmy mixes all of the ingredients where this is similar to the Meiosis process where the DNA swaps info. In the first Metaphase, he makes sure all of his ingredients to make his icing are organized and ready to go. Just like in Meiosis, the chromatids line up in an organized line in the middle of the cell. In the first anaphase, he separates the better into 2 bowls. This shows how the chromatids move to opposite sides of the cell. In the first telophase, Jimmy pours the batter from the 2 bowls into cupcake molds which shows how the chromatids would result in 2 different haploid nuclei since they are being made into different shapes when being poured into the mold. In Interkinesis, he lets the cupcakes rest on a cooling rack to show that this phase is a period of rest as not too much happens. In the second prophase, Jimmy mixes the ingredients for his icing (similar to prophase 1). In the second metaphase, he lines the cupcakes up on a platter just as the chromatids would be lined up in the center of the cell. In the second anaphase, he separates the icing into 2 bowls just like the sister chromatids pull apart in the second anaphase. In the second telophase, Jimmy dyes the bowls of icing (one blue and the other pink) and gets ready to ice them. Just like in the second telophase he can make 4 different nuclei (cupcakes) by icing the cupcakes in different ways. Lastly in cytokinesis, the family gathering comes to an end and he keeps 1 quarter of the leftover cupcakes to himself, giving the other 3 quarters away to the rest of his family.