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| The regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo. |
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| The stage of the cell cycle that takes place before cell division occurs. |
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| The process by which a cell makes a copy of the DNA in its nucleus. |
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| The stage of the cell cycle during which the cell's nucleus divides into two new nuclei and one copy of the DNA is distributed into each daughter cell. |
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| A doubled rod of condensed chromatin; contains DNA that carries genetic information. |
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| The final stage of the cell cycle, in which the cell's cytoplasm divides, distributing the organelles; into each of the two new cells. |
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| A disease in which some body cells grow and divide uncontrollably, damaging the parts of the body around them. |
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| The process that occurs in the formation of sex cells (sperm and egg) by which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half. |
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| A change in a gene or chromosome. |
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| A mass of abnormal cells that develops when cancerous cells divide and grow uncontrollably. |
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| The use of drugs to treat diseases such as cancer. |
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