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| The process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells. |
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| The first stage, division of the cell nucleus. |
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| The second stage, division of the cytoplasm. |
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| One of two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome. |
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| Area where the chromatids of a chromosome are attached. |
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| Period of the cell cycle between cell divisions. |
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| Series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide. |
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| First and longest stage of mitosis, during which the chromosomes become visible and the centrioles separate and take up positions on the opposite sides of the nucleus. |
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| One of two tiny structures located in the cytoplasm of animal cells near the nuclear envelope. |
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| Fan-like microtubule structure that helps separate the chromosome during mitosis. |
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| Second phase 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 chromosome pairs separate 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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| One of a family of closely related proteins that regulate he cell cycle in eukaryotic cells. |
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| Disorder in which some of the body's own cells lose the ability to control growth |
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