Mitosis Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. dna condensed through histone wrapping, and must be further condensed into chromosomes
  2. 3. When the cell prepares to divide
  3. 6. Division of the nucleus
  4. 9. protein Found in eukaryotic cell nuclei, packages and orders dna into structural units; nucleosomes
  5. 10. Present in cytoplasm
  6. 11. chromosomes Single chromatids
  7. 15. Special groups of proteins specifically involved in attachment of spindle fibers
  8. 16. pair Chromosomes containing maternal and paternal chromatid joined together at the centromere
  9. 17. Seperated chromosomes move towards the poles
  10. 18. Replicated chromosomes line up at the equatorial plate
  11. 20. Numerical arrangement of chromosomes by size
  12. 23. part of cell division; nuclear division in eukaryotic somatic cells
  13. 25. Most constricted point of chromosome; where spindle fiber attach during mitosis
  14. 26. fibers Fibers shaped like a star, formed around each chromosome
  15. 27. plate Plate that develops at the midpoint between two groups of chromosomes in dividing cell, and involved in forming a wall
  16. 28. chromosomes Two identical chromosomes that result from dna replication
  17. 30. /Alternative of programmed cell death
  18. 32. phase Cell cycle arrest
Down
  1. 1. Division of cytoplasm
  2. 4. Controlling excessive, rapid speed
  3. 5. Organelle near the nucleus in animal cells
  4. 7. Chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cell and two nuclei are formed
  5. 8. chromatids Identical copies of one chromatid in a replicated chromosome
  6. 12. phase Cell prepares to divide the nucleus
  7. 13. Half of replicated chromosomes
  8. 14. Chromosomes become visible and the nucleus disappears
  9. 19. fibers Form protein structure that divides genetic material
  10. 21. filament Thin fibers composed of a protein called actin
  11. 22. replication Double-stranded molecule is copied to produce two identical dna molecules
  12. 24. phase Synthesis; cell copies dna
  13. 29. furrow Indentation of cell's surface
  14. 31. Number of complete sets of chromosomes in the nucleus of a cell