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What increases the number of cells and causes many celled organisms to grow? |
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series of events that takes place from one cell division to the next |
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What are periods of formation, growth, and death called (in a cell)? |
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In what stage is most of the life of any eukaryotic cell, or cell with a nucleus is spent in a period of growth and development |
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During interphase the nucleus divides and then the cytoplasm does what? |
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separates to form 2 new cells |
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What is the process in which the nucleus divides to form 2 identical nuclei |
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structure in the nucleus that contains hereditary material p |
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What happense during Prophase? |
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-nucleolus and nuclear membrane disinegrate -centrioles move to opposite ends of the cell -spindle fibers begin to stretch across the cell |
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What is it called when pairs of chromatids lined up across the center of a cell |
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What kind of "phase" is this? -each centomeve divides -each pair of chromatids separates and moves to opposite endes of the cell? |
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spindle fibers disappear and a new nucleus forms |
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In what kind of cell does the cell membrane pinch in the middle and the cytoplasm divides? |
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In what kind of cell does a cell plate form? |
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