Cell Cycle

2. Tightly coiled genetic information; visible during mitosis.
7. Part of the cell cycle when chromosomes uncoil and nuclei reform.
8. A cancer causing agent.
10. Animal cell organelles that play a role in the cell division process.
11. The spreading of cancerous cells from the original site to a secondary one.
12. Characteristic of a plant cell in telophase and cytokinesis.
14. Part of the cell cycle in which DNA is replicated.
16. Regulates the cell cycle; tells the cell to stop progressing through the cell cycle.
18. Type of asexual reproduction; one diploid parent cell produces two diploid daughter cells.
19. Period of cytoplasmic division.
21. The two halves of a chromosome.
22. Part of the cell cycle in which chromatids are pulled apart toward opposite poles of the cell.
23. What DNA must do prior to cell division; ensures each daughter cell will have a complete set of genetic information.
25. The form genetic material takes when a cell is in interphase.
27. Part of the cell cycle in which the cell grows in size and protein production is high.

1. Prominent organelle in a cell in interphase.
3. Regulates the cell cycle; tells the cell to continue to the next phase.
4. Part of the cell cycle in which organelles are prepared for the new cell.
5. Preparation period for cell division.
6. Characteristic of an animal cell in telophase and cytokinesis.
9. Part of the cell cycle in which chromosomes are lined up at the equator of the cell.
13. Anything that has the potential to alter DNA.
15. It is important to know your family's health history because some cancers have a _____ link, making an individual higher risk.
17. Anything that increases the likelihood that you could develop cancer.
19. A cell with mutated DNA that has lost control of the cell cycle.
20. Part of the cell cycle in which chromosomes condense and the nucleus disappears.
24. The number of daughter cells produced by mitosis.
26. The number of parent cells needed for mitosis.