Mitosis and Meiosis By: Helen Creamer

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Across
  1. 3. nuclear envelope forms around chromosomes at each pole, establishing daughter nuclei
  2. 4. cells that contain pairs of homologous cells
  3. 6. chromosomes matched in length, centromere position, and staining pattern
  4. 7. tumor that spreads to other locations
  5. 8. tumor that remains at the original site
  6. 10. sister chromatids separate at the centromeres and are pulled to opposite poles
  7. 11. sequence of stages leading from adults of one generation to the adults of the next (two words)
  8. 12. the proscess of cell division
  9. 14. formed by fertilization
  10. 16. cells that have 46 chromosomes forming 23 pairs of homologous chromosomes
  11. 17. cytoplasm is divided into separate cells
  12. 19. chromosomes align at the cell equator
Down
  1. 1. the need for cells to be in contact with a solid surface to divide (two words)
  2. 2. type of cell division that produces haploid gametes in diploid organisms
  3. 3. a mass of abnormally growing cells within otherwise normal tissue
  4. 5. chromosomes exchanging segments (two words)
  5. 9. cell that has a single set of chromosomes
  6. 13. DNA duplicates, cytoplasm contents duplicate, 2 centrosomes form
  7. 15. position of a gene
  8. 18. homologous chromosomes come together in pairs