cdc Flashcards
gamete
a mature haploid male or female germ cell
binary fission
the divison of a single entity into two or more parts
gene
a unit of heredity which is transferred form a parent to offspring
chromosome
a thread like aturcture of nucleic and protein
chromatid
A chromozone divides longitudinally
centromere
The region of a chromosome to which the microtubles of the spindle attch
homologous chromosomes
Are a set of one maternal and one paternal
diploid
containing two complete sets of chromosomes, one from each parent
haploid
having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
zygote
A diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes
karyotype
The number and visual appearance of the chromosomes
cell cycle
is the series of events that take place in a cell that causes it to divide into two daughter
interphase
is the portion of the cell cycle that is not accompanied by observable changes
mitosis
a type of cell divison that results in two daughter cells
cytokinesis
at the end at the end of mitosis or meiosis, bringing aboutbthe separation
cancer
is a groupo of diseases involving abnormal ce;; growth
meiosis
is a special type of cell divsion of germ in sexually reproducing organisms
