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| The repeating cycle of events in the life of a cell. 3 phases - interphase, mitosis, and cytokinesis. |
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| A period of time between cell divisions. |
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| Any cell that is ready to begin cell division. |
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| The duplicating and separating of a cell's chromosomes. |
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| 1st phase of mitosis - changes occur in the nucleus & cytoplasm. |
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| Special proteins located at the centromere where spindle fibers attach. |
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| Special microtubules that will "direct" the movements of the chromosomes during mitosis. |
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| Mitotic spindle fiber that attaches to the kinetochore of the centromere - begins to position them for the next phase |
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| Mitotic spindle fibers that extended out from 1 centrosome to the middle of the cell & join polar fibers from the opposite centrosome. |
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| 2nd phase of mitosis. Stage when the centromeres are aligned on the equatorial plane. |
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| An imaginary line bisecting the spindle. |
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| Phase of mitosis - enzymes break down the proteins in the centromeres, allowing the 2 chromatids to separate. |
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| Phase of mitosis - new nucleus begins to re-form around the chromosomes forming 2 daughter nuclei. |
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| The division of the cytoplasm in a dividing cell. |
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| The precursor to the cell wall during cytokinesis in plant cells. |
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| The 2 cells that result from a mitotic division. |
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| A method of asexual reproduction in which the nuclear material is copied and the parent cell divides into 2 equal cells. |
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| Producing a new organism without the fusion of a sperm and an ovum. |
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| A cell with a hard protective covering that is capable of producing a new organism. |
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