Chapter 11 Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Developing stage of a multicellular organism
  2. 4. Process of reproduction involving a single parent that results in offspring that are genetically identical to the parent
  3. 6. One of a group of external regulatory proteins that stimulate the growth and division of cells
  4. 10. Phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes separate and move to opposite ends of the cell
  5. 15. Period of the cell cycle between cell divisions in which the cell grows
  6. 16. The process of programmed cell death
  7. 17. Cells that are able to develop into any type of cell found in the body (including cells that make up the extraembryonic membranes and placenta)
  8. 18. Phase of mitosis in which the distinct individual chromosomes begin to spread out into a tangle of chromatin
  9. 19. Stage of early development in mammals that consists of a hollow ball of cells
  10. 25. Process in which a cell divides into two new daughter cells
  11. 27. Cells that are capable of developing into most, but not all, of the body’s cell types
  12. 28. Mass of rapidly dividing cells that can damage surrounding tissue
Down
  1. 1. Type of reproduction in which cells from two parents unite to form the first cell of a new organism
  2. 3. Division of the cytoplasm to form two separate daughter cells
  3. 5. unspecialized cell that can give rise to one or more type of specialized cells
  4. 7. Region of a chromosome where the two sister chromatids attach
  5. 8. One of two identical “sister” parts of a duplicated chromosome
  6. 9. Process in which cells become specialized in structure and function
  7. 11. Threadlike structure within the nucleus that contains genetic information that is passes on from one generation to the next
  8. 12. Series of events in which a cell grows, prepares for division, and divides to form two daughter cells
  9. 13. Phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell
  10. 14. Part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides
  11. 20. One of a family of proteins that regulates the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells
  12. 21. Substance found in eukaryotic chromosomes that consists of DNA tightly coiled around histones
  13. 22. cell with limited potential to develop into many type of differentiated cells
  14. 23. Disorder in which some of the body’s cells lose the ability to control growth
  15. 24. Structure in an animal cell that helps to organize cell division
  16. 26. First and longest phase of mitosis in which the genetic material inside the nucleus condenses and the chromosomes become visible