MITOSIS

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Across
  1. 2. A rod-shaped structure of DNA
  2. 5. Repairing injured cells or cuts
  3. 9. Chromosome copies begin to separate
  4. 11. Adding cells as the human body grows
  5. 12. Parallel paired duplicated chromosomes
  6. 14. Growing phase; each chromosome in the nucleus makes an exact copy of itself
  7. 15. section of DNA that controls traits
Down
  1. 1. Division into two daughter cells
  2. 3. Threadlike structure in the nucleus made of tightly coiled DNA; contains genes
  3. 4. Chromosome copies line up in the center of cell (equator)
  4. 6. Cell pinches in middle; last phase of mitosis
  5. 7. Process in which the material from the cell nucleus divides
  6. 8. Asexual reproduction
  7. 10. Mitosis begins; chromosomes shorten, thicken, and pair up
  8. 13. Replace old cells with new cells