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| process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells. |
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| series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide. |
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| part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides. |
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| division of the cytoplasm during cell division. |
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| one of two identicle "sister parts" of a duplicated chromosome. |
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| area where the chromatid or a chromosome are attached. |
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| peridos of the cell cycle beetween cell divisions. |
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| first and longest phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes become visible and the centrolas seperate and take up positions on the sides of the nucleus. |
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| fanlike microtubule structure that helps seperate the chromosomes during mitosis. |
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| second of mitosis , during which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell. |
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| the third phase of mitosis during which the chromosomes pairs seperate and move toward opposite poles. |
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| fourth and final phase of mitosis during which the chromosomes begin to disperse into a tangle of dense material. |
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| a disorder in which some of the bodys own cells loose the abiliy to control growth. |
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| term used to refer to chromosomes that have corresponding chromosomes from the opposite sex parent. |
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| term used to refer to a cell that contains both sets of homologous chromosomes. |
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| term used to refer to a cell that contains only a single set of chromosomes and therefor only a single set of genes. |
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| process by which the number of chromosomes per cell is cut in half through the seperation of homologous chromosomes in the diploid of the cell. |
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| structure containing four chromatids that forms during meiosis. |
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| one of two tiny structures located in the cytoplasm of animal cells near the nucleus envelope. |
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| one of a family of closely related proteins that regulate the cell cycle in eurkaryotic cells. |
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| process in which homologous chromosomes exchange protions of there chromatids during meiosis. |
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