Mitosis and Meiosis Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. a cell with one half of the genetic content
  2. 4. threadlike structures where DNA molecules are kept
  3. 6. two haploid cells produced now become four haploid cells
  4. 7. the "reproductive years" when chromosomes line up along the equatorial plate
  5. 8. the process in which the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell is divided to form two daughter cells
  6. 9. cells without DNA in a contained nucleus divide usually by a method called ______ ______
  7. 14. reproductive cells that unite during sexual reproduction
  8. 15. chromosomes that are the same
  9. 17. the pairing of two homologous chromosomes that occur during meiosis
  10. 18. a cell with both mom and dads genetic content
  11. 19. a process in which a parent cell divides to produce cells with half the genetic material
Down
  1. 1. the production of sperm
  2. 2. a simple duplication of a cell and all its parts
  3. 5. the end of the first division where cytokinesis takes place
  4. 8. an exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes
  5. 10. the first stage in which a cell must grow, mature, develop and prepare for division
  6. 11. when an egg and sperm unite
  7. 12. when two chromosomes start moving towards opposite poles
  8. 13. in meiosis, when male and female gametes unite in fertilization, they form what is called ______
  9. 16. process of producing female gametes