cell division and replication vocabulary

Question 1

spindle fiber

Answer 1

fiber that are attraached to centrioles to help pull apart chromosomes

Question 2

centromere

Answer 2

strucuture that holds replicated chromosomes togehter

Question 3

chromosome

Answer 3

single piece of colied dna

Question 4

diploid

Answer 4

a cell that contains a set if chromosomes from a man and wife (46 in human)

Question 5

replicated chromosome

Answer 5

a single piece of dna that has been copied through dna replication

Question 6

sister

Answer 6

two identical strands of Dna

Question 7

non- replicated chromosome

Answer 7

single strand of dna before it has been replicated

Question 8

somatic cell

Answer 8

body cell that undergoes mitosis

Question 9

homologous chromosomes

Answer 9

corresponding (matching) chromosomes form a female and a male parent (pair of chromosomes)

Question 10

tetrad

Answer 10

strucuture formed by two homologous chromosomes

Question 11

gene

Answer 11

segment of dna that codes a trait

Question 12

haploid cell (n)

Answer 12

a cell that contains one set of chromosomes

Question 13

allele

Answer 13

variation of a gene

Question 14

diploid cell(2n)

Answer 14

a cell that contains both sets of homologous chromosomes