Genetics Puzzle

4. one of the two identical halves of a chromosome that has been replicated in preparation for cell division
6. the process by which one cell physically divides into two cells
7. The objective of mitosis is to make two genetically identical cells from a single cell.
9. stage during the process of cell division (mitosis or meiosis).
11. a reproductive cell of an animal or plant.
13. the phase of the cell cycle in which a cell copies its DNA to prepare for mitosis.
14. process by which a single parent cell divides to make two new daughter cells

1. a mixture of DNA and proteins that form the chromosomes found in the cells of humans and other higher organisms.
2. first stage of mitosis or the second division of meiosis in which chromosomes become visible as tightly coiled threadlike structures.
3. A structure found inside the nucleus of a cell.
5. The molecules inside cells carry genetic information and pass it from one generation to the next.
8. fourth phase of mitosis, the process that separates the duplicated genetic material carried in the nucleus of a parent cell into two identical daughter cells.
10. last step of cell division, when chromosomes move in opposite directions so two new cells can be formed from one.
11. the basic physical and functional unit of heredity.
12. a type of cell division in sexually reproducing organisms that reduces the number of chromosomes in gametes