cell growth and division

5. The process of programmed cell death.
7. A series of events in which a cell grows, prepares for division, and then divides to form to daughter cells.
12. One full copy of a chromosome.
15. The process by which cells become specialized.
16. The complex that forms when DNA wraps around histones.
17. During this phase, the chromosomes condense and the nuclear envelope breaks down.
20. A mass of cancer cells.
21. Cells that have the ability to turn into other cells.
22. The spot on a condensed chromosome where the two sister chromatids are attached.
24. A stage of an organism’s development.
25. The longest phase of the cell cycle.
27. The division of the cell’s cytoplasm.

1. The process by which a cell reproduces into two new daughter cells
2. The hollow ball of cells with a cluster of cells inside known as the inner mass.
3. The production of genetically unique offspring through the fusion of two separate parent cells.
4. The division of the cell’s nucleus.
6. The ability to replace specific cells in an organism’s tissues.
8. The ability of a cell to develop into any cell.
9. The ability of cells to develop into any of the cells of the body.
10. During this phase, the chromosomes line up in the center of the cell.
11. External regulatory proteins that stimulate cell growth and division.
12. The organelle that produces spindles for cell division. Not found in plant cells.
13. The production of genetically identical offspring from a single parent
14. Bundles of DNA
18. A protein discovered in the 1980’s that helps regulate the cell cycle.
19. A disorder in which the body’s cells lose the ability to control cell growth.
23. During this phase, the nuclear envelope reforms and the chromosomes decondense.
26. During this phase, the sister chromatids separate and move to opposite poles of the cell.