Cell Cycle

1. series of events in which a cell grows, prepares for division, and divides to from two daughter cells
2. disorder in which some of the body's cells lose the ability to control growth
4. mass of rapidly dividing cells that can damage surrounding tissue
6. type of asexual reproduction in which an organism replicates its DNA and divides in half, producing two identical daughter cells
8. the process of programmed cell death
11. region of a chromosome where the two sister chromatids attach
12. period of the cell cycle between cell divisions in which the cell grows
13. phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell
14. threadlike structure within the nucleus that contains genetic information that is passed on from one generation to the next
16. process of reproduction involving a single parent that results in offspring that are genetically identical to the parent
17. phase of mitosis om which the chromosomes separate and move to opposite ends of the cell

1. process in which cells become specialized in structure and function
2. one of two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome
3. part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides
5. first and longest phase of mitosis in which the genetic material inside the nucleus condenses and the chromosomes become visible
7. division of the cytoplasm to form two separate daughter cells
9. cell unspecialized cell that can give rise to one or more types of specialized cells
10. type of reproduction in which cells from two parents unite to form the first cell of a new organism
15. phase of mitosis in which the distinct individual chromosomes begin to spread put into a tangle of chromatin