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| The division of a single nucleus into two identical daughter nuclei. |
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| A cell containing two homologous sets of chromosomes, one set from each parent. |
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| A threadlike gene carrying structure found in the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell. |
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| The complex of DNA and proteins that constitutes eukaryotic chromosomes. |
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| One of two identical parts of a duplicated chromosome. |
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| The region of a duplicated chromosome where two sister chromatids are joined. |
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| The part of the cell cycle when the nucleus is divided, its chromosomes are distributed, and the cytoplasm is divided into two daughter cells. |
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| The growing stage of a eukaryotic cell in which its DNA and everything in its cytoplasm replicates. |
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| The division of the cytoplasm to form two separate daughter cells. |
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| The first stage of mitosis during which the chromatin condenses to form sister chromatids. |
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| A football shaped structure formed of microtubules and associated proteins, that is involved in the movements of chromosomes during mitosis or meiosis. |
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| Material in the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell that gives rise to microtubules. |
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| Protein structure on a chromosome to which the spindle microtubules attach to. |
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| The second stage of mitosis during which the nuclear envelope fragments and the spindle microtubules attach to the kinetochores. |
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| The third stage of mitosis during which all the cell's chromosomes are lined up at the imaginary plane equidistant between the poles of the mitotic spindle. |
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| The fourth stage of mitosis, beginning when sister chromatids separate from each other and ending when a complete set of daughter chromosomes arrives at each of the two poles. |
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| The fifth stage of mitosis during which daughter nuclei form at the two poles. |
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| A shallow groove in the cell's surface near the old metaphase plate. |
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| An imaginary plane equidistant between the two poles of the spindle. |
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| A double membrane across the midline of a dividing plant cell between which the new cell wall forms. |
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