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Across
  1. 4. series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide
  2. 5. one of two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome
  3. 6. point at which paired chromosomes remain in contact during the first metaphase of meiosis
  4. 7. threadlike structure withing the nucleus containing genetic info that is passed from one generation of cells to the next
  5. 9. process in which jomologous chromosomes exchange portions of their chromatids during meiosis
  6. 10. one of two tiny structures located in cytoplasm of animal cells near the nuclear envelope
  7. 11. one of a family of closely related proteins that regulate the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells
  8. 12. granular material visible withing the nucleus; consists of DNA tightly coiled around proteins
Down
  1. 1. when the body's cells lose the ability to control growth
  2. 2. the invagination of the cell membrane, at the equatorial plane of the cell
  3. 3. a plate that develops at the midpoint between the 2 groups of chromosomes in a dividing cell
  4. 6. division of cytoplasm
  5. 8. area where the chromatids of a chromosome are attached