Cell Division Corssword

3. / the first stage of meiosis
4. / having cells with membrane bound nuclei
9. / reproduction in which TWO haploid cells fuse to form a diploid cell; the zygote has a combination of traits (NOT IDENTICAL) compared to its parent cells
11. / fiber-like structures in a cell that are involved in moving chromosomes during cell division
14. / spindle fibers attach to centromeres of chromosomes; chromosomes align down the middle of the cell
16. / a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape
17. / final stage of the cell cycle; cytoplasm divides and creates two identical cells
18. / the DNA and its proteins in eukaryotic cells
19. / the process by which a cell divides into two smaller cells

1. / the two chromosomes from each parent that are similar in size, shape, and genetic content; there are 23 pair of homologous chromosomes in human body cells (23 from our mother, 23 from our father)
2. / the complete life cycle of a cell: interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis
5. / a fertilized egg; the first diploid cell on an individual containing DNA from both parents
6. / 90% of the life of the cell; cell carries out its normal functions; divided into 3 phases: (G1) First growth, (S) Synthesis, (G2) Second growth
7. / reproduction in which a cell makes and IDENTICAL copy of itself; ex: binary fisson, mitosis
8. / two new nuclei form and nuclear envelope surrounds them; chromosomes uncoil; spindles dissolve
10. / an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell
12. / reproductive cells formed by meiosis; sperm and egg; contain the organisms’ haploid number of chromosomes
13. / the two identical copies of DNA that make up a chromosome during mitosis
14. / cell division that produces reproductive cells
15. / sister chromatids pull apart and move to opposite ends of the cell; chromatids now become chromosomes