cell divisions Flashcards
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cell cycle
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The regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo.
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Interphase
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the stage of cell cycle that takes place before cell division occurs; during this stage,the cell grows copies its DNA and prepares to divide
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Repllication
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the process by which a cell makes a copy of the DNA is its nucleus
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Mitosis
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the stage of the cell cycle during which the cell’s nucleus divides into two new nuclei and one of the DNA is distributed into each daughter cell
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chromosome
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a double rod of condensed chromatin;contains DNA that carries genetic information
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chromatid
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one of the identical rods of chromosomes
7
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cytokinesis
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the final stage of the cell cycle in which the cytoplasm divides distributing the organelles into each of the two new cells
