Cell Cycle Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. protein kinase that must work as a complex to activate proteins in the cell cycle
  2. 4. working DNA in the nucleus
  3. 6. when DNA is replicated during the cell cycle
  4. 9. process of producing gametic cells
  5. 11. tumor suppressor gene that almost all cancers have a mutation in
  6. 13. n
  7. 14. 2n
  8. 16. checkpoint that determines if the cell enters cell division or not
  9. 18. time of growth for a cell
  10. 19. production of sperm cells
  11. 20. protein that aids in separating sister chromatids during the M checkpoint
  12. 22. chromosomes held together at the centromere
Down
  1. 1. cell cycle phase where chromosomes can be seen and the nucleus breaks down
  2. 2. proteins that accumulate to move on to the next phase of the cell cycle
  3. 5. process of producing identical somatic cells
  4. 7. when homologous pairs of chromosomes align randomly during metaphase I
  5. 8. chromosomes line up at the equator of the cell
  6. 10. when chromosomes line up together, one maternal and one paternal
  7. 12. production of egg cells
  8. 15. sister chromatids break apart to opposite poles of the cell
  9. 17. when chromosomes swap DNA during prophase I
  10. 21. coiled DNA
  11. 23. two nuclei are present and chromosomes decondense